CaveatSupport assessment: Medium
Despite higher charge-carrier concentration, the iodine-treated Tb-MOF remains less conductive than the prior iodine-treated Zn-ExTTFTB MOF because spatially separated ExTTFTB ligands lack efficient through-space donor/acceptor interactions.
Caveat: The Zn-ExTTFTB comparison is literature-derived, not a first-hand sample in this paper.
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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High
PXRD indicates that iodine-treated Tb-MOF remains mostly crystalline after I2-induced partial oxidation.
Caveat: Authors note some peaks become broader and weaker.
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Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: Medium
TGA after washing/vacuum treatment supports removal of physisorbed iodine from iodine-treated Tb-MOF.
Caveat: Conclusion is inferred by the authors from TGA plateau behaviour rather than direct iodine quantification.
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Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High
Replacing Zn2+ with larger, higher-coordination Ln3+ ions enabled isostructural 3D columnar Ln-MOFs in which all four ExTTFTB carboxylate groups coordinate to lanthanide ions.
Caveat: Electronic/optical properties are studied experimentally only for representative Tb-MOF.
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Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High
Iodine treatment oxidises ExTTFTB ligands to radical cations, substantially increasing charge-carrier concentration and raising Tb-MOF pellet conductivity by about two orders of magnitude.
Caveat: Conductivity is measured on pressed microcrystalline pellets, so contact and grain-boundary resistances are included.
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