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Layered coordination polymer with two-dimensional covalent bismuth-organic networks: Semiconductor and lithium ion storage

Li M.-Q., Cao Y., Qin L. et al. · Nano Research · 2024 · 2181-2185

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

Composite electrodes based on Bi-DSBDC-DMA show reversible lithium storage, reaching about 250 mAh/g after 200 cycles at 200 mA/g.

Caveat: Electrode is a composite containing 30 wt% carbon black and 10 wt% CMC; the headline cycling capacity is an electrode/application result, not a pristine-pellet transport property.

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

Bi-DSBDC-DMA remains crystalline after vacuum drying and even after ball-milling into aqueous slurry plus vacuum drying during electrode preparation.

Caveat: Crystallinity is reduced after 120 C vacuum drying; statement is based on PXRD peak positions, not full retention of crystallite size or order.

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

Pristine Bi-DSBDC-DMA behaves as a semiconductor, with optical band gap 2.2 eV and room-temperature pressed-pellet conductivity 2 x 10^-8 S/cm.

Caveat: Conductivity was measured by a two-probe pressed-pellet geometry; contact resistance and pellet density are not reported.

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CaveatSupport assessment: High

The supplied article and SI do not report gas-sorption porosity metrics for Bi-DSBDC-DMA.

Caveat: This is an absence-of-reporting note based on the supplied main text and SI; no external documents were fetched.

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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

Bi-DSBDC-DMA is a layered coordination polymer in which two-dimensional covalent Bi-DSBDC networks alternate with dimethylamine/dimethylammonium ion layers.

Caveat: The text alternates between dimethylamine, dimethylammonium, DMA, DMA+ and HDMA+ wording; the extracted structure notes preserve this ambiguity.

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Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: Medium

The authors attribute the comparatively high conductivity to continuous one-dimensional Bi-O chains, S-Bi-S bridged aromatic chains and dense two-dimensional anions with strong covalent bonding.

Caveat: This is a mechanistic interpretation; the paper does not provide transport modelling or directional single-crystal conductivity.

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Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

Lithium storage is proposed to involve redox of both bismuth and organic ligands, with Bi migrating/redistributing and DSBDC charged states participating in reversible later cycles.

Caveat: The authors state dimethylammonium cations could not be traced with enough evidence; some mechanistic assignments are proposed rather than directly proven.

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Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

The conductivity increases with temperature, consistent with semiconducting behaviour.

Caveat: Only plotted conductivity values are available; no Arrhenius fit or activation energy is reported.

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Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Bi-DSBDC-DMA[Bi(C8H2O4S2)(C2H8N)]n; SI elemental analysis formula Bi(C8H2O4S2)(C2H8N)(H2O)1.2; crystal empirical formula C40H40Bi4N4O16S8Bi3+ centres coordinated by sulfur and oxygen donors; Bi-O linkages form one-dimensional Bi-O chains that extend into a two-dimensional bismuth-organic network · DSBDC/DMBDC carboxyl-thiol ligand, described as 2,5-disulfur-1,4-dicarboxylate / 2,5-dimercaptoterephthalic acid derived ligand; dimethylamine/dimethylammonium cations from DMF decomposition reside between layers2D · PristineSingle-crystal XRD assigns an orthorhombic layered molecular structure, space group Pcca, with two-dimensional Bi-DSBDC polyanion networks alternating with dimethylamine ion layers.rendered page 1 / article p.2181 · Abstract
Bi-DSBDC-DMA/carbon black/CMC composite electrode60 wt% Bi-DSBDC-DMA, 30 wt% carbon black, 10 wt% CMCBi-DSBDC-DMA framework component contains Bi3+ centres · DSBDC/DMBDC framework ligand plus CMC binder in electrode compositeunknown · CompositeComposite slurry electrode on Cu foil used for Li-ion half-cell testing; PXRD indicates Bi-DSBDC-DMA retains crystallinity after electrode preparation.rendered page 2 · Electrode preparations and testing
conducting carbon/CMC control electrodeconducting carbon/CMC (3/1 in mass)CMC binder0D · CompositeNon-framework conducting carbon/CMC electrode used to estimate the contribution of conducting carbon to Li-ion capacity.rendered page 5 · Supplementary figures · Figure S5
gas-phase DSBDC charged-state DFT modelsDSBDC2-, DSBDC3-, DSBDC4-, DSBDC5- and related charged statesDSBDC organic molecule/anion models0D · Model SystemGas-phase DFT models optimized at B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) to analyse possible redox states of the organic component.rendered page 2 · Characterization · Figure S10

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as-made Bi-DSBDC-DMA yellow crystalline solidresearch_0178__mat__mat_bi_dsbdc_dmaPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSolvothermal product isolated as crystalline yellow solids/yellow powder, filtered, washed with DMF, ethanol and THF, and dried in air.rendered page 2 · Synthesis of Bi-DSBDC-DMA
Bi-DSBDC-DMA composite electroderesearch_0178__mat__mat_bi_dsbdc_dma_electrodeElectrode · Composite Sample · CompositeMOF solid, carbon black and CMC in a 6:3:1 mass ratio mixed with water by ball milling, pasted on Cu foil and dried at 120 C under vacuum overnight.Cu foil; 2032 coin cell with Li metal counter/pseudo-reference electroderendered page 2 · Electrode preparations and testing
pressed Bi-DSBDC-DMA pellet for conductivityresearch_0178__mat__mat_bi_dsbdc_dmaPellet · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPristine powder pressed into a pellet for two-probe conductivity measurements at different temperatures.between two stainless steel rods in a homemade holder · 0.18 mmrendered page 2 / article p.2182 · Results and discussion · Figure 3d
single crystal of Bi-DSBDC-DMAresearch_0178__mat__mat_bi_dsbdc_dmaSingle Crystal · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkSelected crystal mounted for single-crystal X-ray diffraction at 100 K.rendered page 2 · Characterization · Table S1
Bi-DSBDC-DMA after vacuum drying at 120 Cresearch_0178__mat__mat_bi_dsbdc_dmaPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkDried under vacuum at 120 C; crystallinity reduced but diffraction peak positions remain essentially unchanged.rendered page 2 / article p.2182 · Results and discussion · Figure 2c
conducting carbon/CMC control electroderesearch_0178__mat__mat_carbon_cmc_controlElectrode · Composite Sample · CompositeConducting carbon/CMC 3/1 electrode used for supplementary rate-capability comparison.electrode substrate not explicitly stated for the control figurerendered page 5 · Supplementary figures · Figure S5
DSBDC charged-state gas-phase DFT model setresearch_0178__mat__mat_dsbdc_dft_modelModel · Model System · ModelGas-phase molecular models optimized with Gaussian at B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p).rendered page 2 · Characterization · Figure S10