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Dominant Role of Hole Transport Pathway in Achieving Record High Photoconductivity in Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks

Wang D., Ostresh S., Streater D. et al. · Angewandte Chemie - International Edition · 2023 · e202309505

3materials
11samples
3synthesis routes
20measurements
110results
6claims and caveats

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Author interpretations and caveats

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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

PXRD and FTIR support successful formation of analogous 2D M-HHTP MOF structures for Cu, Cu/Zn and Zn samples.

Caveat: Rietveld crystallite size and strain values were read from figure annotations rather than text tables.

p002 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1 and Figure 2 · Linked to 4 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

In Cu/Zn-HHTP, Zn replaces Cu while preserving similar local Cu and Zn square-planar O coordination environments.

Caveat: Atomic ratio is reported approximately from EDX.

p003 · Results and Discussion · Table S1 and Figure S4 · Linked to 4 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

Replacing Cu with redox-inactive Zn suppresses THz photoconductivity by preventing electron trapping at metal bands and favouring strongly bound HHTP-localised excitons.

Caveat: Cu/Zn and Zn THz attenuation values are not tabulated numerically in the text; the extraction records the authors' qualitative comparison.

p005 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3 and Figure S11 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

High Cu-HHTP photoconductivity is attributed to mobile photoexcited holes transported through interlayer pi-pi interactions between HHTP ligands, while photoelectrons localise at Cu centres.

Caveat: DFT does not directly predict excited-state dynamics; the mechanism is inferred from combined OPTP, OTA, XTA and DFT evidence.

p005-p006 · Results and Discussion / Conclusion · Figure 5 · Linked to 4 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

Cu-HHTP reaches a reported photoconductivity of 65.5 S/m, the highest spectroscopic photoconductivity benchmark in the paper for catecholate-type porous MOFs.

Caveat: Photoconductivity is calculated from OPTP using the reported thin-film/sample-cell approximation and 3.5 um thickness.

p003-p004 · Results and Discussion · Table S3 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

THz-TDS temperature trends are interpreted as freeze-out of thermally activated free carriers and semiconductive ground-state behaviour in Cu-HHTP.

Caveat: The SI provides graphical THz-TDS curves without tabulated numeric values for absorption coefficient, refractive index or permittivity.

p004 · Results and Discussion · Figure S5 · Linked to 2 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Cu-HHTP MOFBrowse family: Cu₃(HHTP)₂ / Cu–HHTPCu3(HHTP)2Cu nodes / Cu2+ square-planar centres · 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP)2D · PristineConductive layered 2D M-HHTP framework; AA-like stacking gave the better PXRD simulation and the ab plane is stacked along c with about 3.2 Angstrom interlayer distance.p002 · Results and Discussion · Scheme 1 and Figure 1
Cu/Zn-HHTP MOFBrowse family: Cu/Zn–HHTP familymixed-node Cu/Zn-HHTPmixed Cu and Zn nodes; EDX Cu:Zn about 64:36 · 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP)2D · PristineMixed-node analogue with PXRD peaks matching Cu-HHTP and Zn-HHTP; local Cu and Zn coordination environments resemble the single-metal analogues.p002 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1
Zn-HHTP MOFBrowse family: Zn–HHTP familyZn-HHTPZn nodes / Zn2+ centres · 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP)2D · PristineRedox-inactive Zn analogue of M-HHTP with similar PXRD topology and Zn-O local coordination distance of 1.99 Angstrom.p002 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1

Sample register

Sample form, processing state and composition status define the context for measurements.

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
Cu-HHTP film on glass substrateresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_hhtpThin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkFilm sample on glass substrate used for femtosecond OTA; film fabrication details not provided.glassp003 / SI p.S2 · OTA Spectroscopy
Cu-HHTP DFT modelresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_hhtpModel · Model System · ModelTwo-layer orthorhombic computational model with six Cu2+ ions per layer and fixed 3.2 Angstrom interlayer distance.p011 / SI p.S10 · S7. DFT calculation detail
Cu-HHTP dried powderresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_hhtpPowder · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkWashed with water/acetone, centrifuged at 6000 rpm, dried overnight at 50 deg C.p003 / SI p.S2 · S1. Synthesis
Cu-HHTP tape-cell sampleresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_hhtpUnknown · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkPrepared into acrylic-tape card cells for OPTP/THz measurements; sample cell thickness used for conductivity calculation was 3.5 um.3.5 um sample-cell thickness used for conductivity calculationp004 / SI p.S3 · OPTP Spectroscopy
Cu/Zn-HHTP film on glass substrateresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_zn_hhtpThin Film · Pristine Control · DopedFilm sample used for OTA comparison; film fabrication details not provided.glassp010 / SI p.S9 · S6
Cu/Zn-HHTP dried powderresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_zn_hhtpPowder · Pristine Control · DopedMixed-node product prepared by the Cu-HHTP procedure with altered Cu and Zn precursor amounts.p003 / SI p.S2 · S1. Synthesis
Cu/Zn-HHTP tape-cell sampleresearch_0224__mat__mat_cu_zn_hhtpUnknown · Pristine Control · DopedPrepared into the same tape-cell geometry for OPTP comparison.p003 · Results and Discussion
Zn-HHTP film on glass substrateresearch_0224__mat__mat_zn_hhtpThin Film · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkFilm sample used for OTA comparison; film fabrication details not provided.glassp004 · Results and Discussion
Zn-HHTP DFT modelresearch_0224__mat__mat_zn_hhtpModel · Model System · ModelTwo-layer computational model used for Zn-HHTP potential-energy and band-structure comparisons.p012 / SI p.S11 · S7. DFT calculation detail
Zn-HHTP dried powderresearch_0224__mat__mat_zn_hhtpPowder · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkZn-only analogue prepared by the same M-HHTP procedure using Zn(acac)2.p003 / SI p.S2 · S1. Synthesis
Zn-HHTP tape-cell sampleresearch_0224__mat__mat_zn_hhtpUnknown · Pristine Control · Pristine FrameworkPrepared into the same tape-cell geometry for OPTP comparison.p003 · Results and Discussion