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Conjugated Nonplanar Copper-Catecholate Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks via Contorted Hexabenzocoronene Ligands for Electrical Conduction

Xing G., Liu J., Zhou Y. et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2023 · 8979-8987

3materials
12samples
3synthesis routes
39measurements
76results
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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

XANES/EXAFS and FTIR support formation of copper bis(dihydroxy) catecholate units rather than copper metal/oxide impurities.

Caveat: XPS indicates mixed Cu2+/trace Cu+ character in addition to CuO-like XANES edge assignment.

p006 / article p8984 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4; Table S2 · Linked to 5 structured results

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

HRTEM and SAED support the simulated packing/structure assignments for all three c-HBC-based c-MOFs.

Caveat: Some d-spacings for c-HBC-6O-Cu are extracted from rendered figure labels rather than text.

p005 / article p8983 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3 · Linked to 4 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Increasing metal coordination centres and charge-transport pathways improves electrical transport, with c-HBC-12O-Cu giving the highest conductivity.

Caveat: Conductivity was measured on pellets by two-probe method; probe/contact effects are not separately deconvoluted.

p006 / article p8984 · Results and Discussion · Figure 5; Table S3 · Linked to 4 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

Large nonplanar c-HBC units still support high charge-carrier mobilities, so nonplanarity does not necessarily deteriorate charge transport.

Caveat: Mobility assignment is source-inconsistent between main text and SI Table S6 for c-HBC-6O-Cu and c-HBC-12O-Cu.

p007 / article p8985 · Conclusion · Figure 5 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

The c-HBC-based MOF pellets show apparent semiconducting behaviour because conductivity increases with temperature.

Caveat: Temperature-dependent values were presented graphically; only the trend was reported in text.

p006 / article p8984 · Results and Discussion · Figure S29 · Linked to 4 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
c-HBC-12O-CuCu3(HBC-12O).6H2OCu catecholate nodes; copper bis(dihydroxy) complex units, predominantly Cu2+ with trace Cu+ by XPS · c-HBC-12OH, a D3d-symmetric contorted hexabenzocoronene catechol ligand3D · PristineFour-fold interpenetrated three-dimensional structure; C2/m unit-cell model refined from PXRD and simulation.p005 / article p8983 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2
c-HBC-6O-CuCu3(HBC-6O)2.9H2OCu catecholate nodes; copper bis(dihydroxy) complex units, predominantly Cu2+ with trace Cu+ by XPS · c-HBC-6OH, a C3-symmetric contorted hexabenzocoronene catechol ligand2D · PristineWavy convex-concave honeycomb monolayer with ABC stacking; assigned to R-3m/R3m-derived space group from PXRD and simulation.p004 / article p8982 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2
c-HBC-8O-CuCu2(HBC-8O).5H2OCu catecholate nodes; copper bis(dihydroxy) complex units, predominantly Cu2+ with trace Cu+ by XPS · c-HBC-8OH, a C2h-symmetric contorted hexabenzocoronene catechol ligand2D · PristineRhombic monolayer with AA stacking between layers; assigned to C2/m from PXRD and simulation.p004-p005 / article p8982-p8983 · Results and Discussion · Figure 2

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
c-HBC-12O-Cu film for OPTPresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_12o_cuThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFilm used for optical pump-THz probe photoconductivity; preparation not separately described.S4 / p004 · Time- and frequency-resolved THz photoconductivity measurements
c-HBC-12O-Cu primitive-unit-cell modelresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_12o_cuModel · Model System · ModelDFT model based on simulated structure.S4 / p004 · Materials and Methods
c-HBC-12O-Cu pelletresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_12o_cuPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkBulk polycrystalline pellet for two-probe conductivity.1.054 mmS23 / p023 · Electrical Conductivity · Table S3
c-HBC-12O-Cu black powderresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_12o_cuPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIsolated black powder after solvothermal synthesis, centrifugation, washing and vacuum drying.S9 / p009 · Synthesis of c-HBC-12O-Cu · Scheme S8
c-HBC-6O-Cu film for OPTPresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_6o_cuThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFilm used for optical pump-THz probe photoconductivity; preparation not separately described.S4 / p004 · Time- and frequency-resolved THz photoconductivity measurements
c-HBC-6O-Cu primitive-unit-cell modelresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_6o_cuModel · Model System · ModelDFT model based on simulated structure.S4 / p004 · Materials and Methods
c-HBC-6O-Cu pelletresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_6o_cuPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkBulk polycrystalline pellet for two-probe conductivity.1.322 mmS23 / p023 · Electrical Conductivity · Table S3
c-HBC-6O-Cu black powderresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_6o_cuPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIsolated black powder after solvothermal synthesis, centrifugation, washing and vacuum drying.S8 / p008 · Synthesis of c-HBC-6O-Cu · Scheme S6
c-HBC-8O-Cu film for OPTPresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_8o_cuThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFilm used for optical pump-THz probe photoconductivity; preparation not separately described.S4 / p004 · Time- and frequency-resolved THz photoconductivity measurements
c-HBC-8O-Cu primitive-unit-cell modelresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_8o_cuModel · Model System · ModelDFT model based on simulated structure.S4 / p004 · Materials and Methods
c-HBC-8O-Cu pelletresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_8o_cuPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkBulk polycrystalline pellet for two-probe conductivity.1.432 mmS23 / p023 · Electrical Conductivity · Table S3
c-HBC-8O-Cu black powderresearch_0013__mat__c_hbc_8o_cuPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIsolated black powder after solvothermal synthesis, centrifugation, washing and vacuum drying.S9 / p009 · Synthesis of c-HBC-8O-Cu · Scheme S7