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Redox Chemistry Mediated Control of Morphology and Properties in Electrically Conductive Coordination Polymers: Opportunities and Challenges

Lei Wang and John S. Anderson · Chemistry of Materials · 2024

This dossier represents secondary evidence: section summaries, claims and benchmarks are paraphrased for this database, not quoted. Check quantitative values against the linked primary study, and cite the review itself (10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00101) for its arguments.

4review sections
8material families
15review claims
17secondary benchmarks
36cited studies
8research gaps

Review scope

Perspective overview of how component redox chemistry before, during, and after synthesis mediates morphology and physical properties in electrically conductive coordination polymers and MOFs.

Coverage
2009–2024
Category
Review Transport Physics
Material scope
Electrically conductive coordination polymers · Electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks · Redox-active metal nodes and catecholoid, quinoid, dithiolene, tetrathiafulvalene, and thiolate linkers · Conductive CP/MOF thin films, single crystals, and disordered conductive networks
Transport scope
Hopping and band-like charge transport · Carrier type, carrier density, mobility, thermoelectric transport, metallicity, superconductivity, spin transport · Spectroscopic interpretation of component redox states relevant to transport
Application scope
Field-effect transistors · Electrochemical energy storage · Thermoelectrics · Electrocatalysis · Magnetism and spintronics · Quantum sensing
Explicit exclusions
Comprehensive redox-active MOF review outside conductive CP/MOF examples · Full primary-study recipes and exhaustive bibliography
Source
4000 · Introduction · Figure 1C
Evidence role
Context, taxonomy and secondary benchmarking

Section map

The review’s argument is preserved as a navigable set of section summaries.

3. Challenges and Opportunities: Redox Chemistry in Material Characterization and Novel Applications

4003-4007

Reviews spectroscopy for redox-state assignment, warns about interpretation limits, and links material morphology control to devices and emergent phenomena such as superconductivity, metallicity, spin valves, and quantum sensing.

Relevance: Core · 4003 · 3. Challenges and Opportunities · Figures 5-7

1. Introduction

3999-4000

Defines conductive CPs/MOFs, contrasts hopping and band transport, introduces redox-active building blocks, and frames redox state as a variable governing conductivity, magnetism, morphology, and synthesis.

Relevance: Core · 3999 · Introduction · Figure 1

4. Conclusion and Outlook

4007-4008

Synthesises the review's position that redox chemistry is central to conductive CP/MOF properties but still requires better synthetic control, in situ monitoring, quantitative transport measurements, and improved morphology.

Relevance: Core · 4007 · Conclusion and Outlook

2. Examples of Redox Chemistry Mediated Control over Morphology and Properties

4000-4003

Organises examples by presynthetic, in situ, and postsynthetic redox chemistry and shows how these routes alter morphology, carrier type, thermoelectric response, conductivity, magnetism, and carrier concentration.

Relevance: Core · 4000 · 2. Examples of Redox Chemistry Mediated Control over Morphology and Properties · Figures 2-4

Taxonomies

Classification systems are attributed to this review and are not treated as a global material registry.

Application-Enabling Correlated PropertyAuthor-proposed

Emergent multifunctional phenomena

The review presents unusual charge transport and spin-mediated behaviour as application areas enabled by redox-active conductive frameworks beyond conventional MOF functionality.

Categories: Superconductivity · Metallic transport · Spin-polarized transport · Quantum sensing

4006 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7

Macroscopic Material Form And QualityAuthor-proposed

Device-relevant morphology classes

The review contrasts common polycrystalline products with forms needed to determine intrinsic transport and incorporate conductive CP/MOFs into devices.

Categories: Polycrystalline powders and films · Large single crystals · High-quality oriented thin films · Molecularly thin surface-confined networks · Processable disordered conductive materials

4005 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6

Framework Component Supplying Redox Activity And Transport Pathways

Redox-active building blocks

Conductive CP/MOF design commonly incorporates redox-active metals and redox-active organic linkers whose oxidation states provide carriers and modulate metal-ligand and interlayer interactions.

Categories: First-row transition-metal nodes · Catecholoid or quinoid linkers · Dithiolene or tetrathiafulvalene-type linkers

3999 · Introduction · Figure 1B

When Redox State Is Set Relative To Framework FormationAuthor-proposed

Timing of component redox tuning

The review's central organising taxonomy separates redox control that is imposed before coordination, emerges during material synthesis, or is applied after framework formation.

Categories: Presynthetic · In situ · Postsynthetic

4000 · Introduction · Figure 1C

Spectroscopic Readout And Material Depth/Time-ScaleAuthor-proposed

Component redox-state probes

The review groups spectroscopic and transport measurements by the aspects of redox state, coordination, surface/bulk chemistry, and charge transport that each can probe, while emphasising complementary interpretation.

Categories: Moessbauer spectroscopy · X-ray absorption spectroscopy · X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy · FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy · UV-vis-NIR, EPR, cyclic voltammetry, Hall and FET measurements

4003 · 3.1. In-Depth Spectroscopic Methods · Figure 5

Carrier Motion Mechanism

Charge transport modes

The review distinguishes activated hopping, where carriers overcome a barrier between states, from band-like transport in which carriers move through a conduction band after any bandgap is overcome.

Categories: Hopping transport · Band transport

3999 · Introduction · Figure 1A

Material families

Review-defined families retain their representative materials and conduction descriptions.

Redox-active conductive CPs/MOFs

Extended 2D And 3D Coordination Networks

Extended metal-organic compounds whose conductivity is supported by redox-active nodes or linkers and continuous bonding networks.

Conduction: Conductivity may arise through hopping, band-like, or small-bandgap semiconducting transport depending on redox state and orbital overlap.

Representative materials: Cu[Cu(pdt)2] · M3(hexaiminobenzene)2 · Ni3(HITP)2

Nodes / linkers: Cu · Ni · Fe · Co · Donor-acceptor linkers · Hexaiminobenzene · Hexaiminotriphenylene

3999 · Introduction · Figure 1

Copper benzenehexathiolate superconducting CP

2D/Extended Kagome Coordination Polymer

Highly crystalline copper(II) benzenehexathiolate coordination polymer with a Kagome lattice and bulk superconductivity at very low temperature.

Conduction: Exhibits superconductivity and possible metallic quantum spin liquid behaviour according to the review's summary of the cited study.

Representative materials: Cu-BHT

Nodes / linkers: Cu · Benzenehexathiolate

4007 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7A

Triphenylene catecholate/iminosemiquinone 2D MOFs

2D Layered

Layered 2D conductive MOFs based on HHTP, HITP, or related triphenylene linkers where in situ oxidation is commonly involved.

Conduction: Often semiconducting or conductive with transport sensitive to crystallinity, orientation, grain boundaries, and redox state.

Representative materials: Cu3(HHTP)2 · Ni-CAT-1 · Ni3(HITP)2

Nodes / linkers: Cu · Ni · HHTP · HITP · Hexahydroxytriphenylene · Hexaiminotriphenylene

4001 · 2.1 and 2.2 · Figure 2A

Iron-quinoid and iron-semiquinoid conductive magnets

2D And 3D Conductive CP/MOFs

Conductive iron CP/MOFs with quinone-derived linkers where mixed valency and linker-centred redox chemistry affect conductivity, magnetic order, and morphology.

Conduction: Mixed-valence linkers and nodes produce variable thermoelectric response, conductivity, magnetism, and redox-switchable ordering temperature.

Representative materials: 2D conductive iron-quinoid magnet · Fe5(C6O6)3 · Fe8(C6O6)6 · Fe12(C6O6)6

Nodes / linkers: Fe · Semiquinone · Hexahydroxybenzene · Tetrahydroxy-1,4-quinone · C6O6

4002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3

Radical-embedded MgHHTP MOF

2D MOF

2D MOF where radicals generated by spontaneous oxidation act as electron spin qubits for room-temperature quantum sensing.

Conduction: Emphasis is spin/quantum sensing rather than high conductivity; radical states arise from redox-active components.

Representative materials: MgHHTP

Nodes / linkers: Mg · HHTP

4007 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7D

Redox-modulated porous Fe2(BDP)3

3D Porous MOF

Porous pyrazolate MOF used as a comparison showing how porosity enables counterion insertion and conductivity enhancement during redox changes.

Conduction: Reductive insertion creates mixed valency and markedly improves conductivity by accommodating charge-balancing cations.

Representative materials: Fe2(BDP)3

Nodes / linkers: Fe · 1,4-benzenedipyrazolate

4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry

LixFe3(THT)2 redox series

2D Honeycomb MOF

Porous honeycomb 2D iron triphenylenehexathiol MOFs spanning multiple discrete redox states through cation exchange and stoichiometric oxidation.

Conduction: Oxidation produces large changes in conductivity, carrier type, carrier density, thermoelectric behaviour, and magnetic interactions while retaining topology.

Representative materials: Li3Fe3(THT)2 · Li2Fe3(THT)2 · LiFe3(THT)2 · Fe3(THT)2

Nodes / linkers: Fe · Triphenylenehexathiol · THT

4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 4

Nickel tetrathiafulvalene-tetrathiolate CPs

Coordination Polymer; Includes 3D Disordered Stacks

Nickel coordination polymers in which the TTFtt linker redox state can be predefined and retained through material formation.

Conduction: Presynthetic redox state switches carrier behaviour from p-type semiconductor to n-type metal and can produce glassy metallic transport.

Representative materials: NiTTFtt · Li-NiTTFtt · [NiTTFtt]n

Nodes / linkers: Ni · Tetrathiafulvalene-2,3,6,7-tetrathiolate

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2B

Synthesis strategies

Review-level synthesis principles remain separate from primary-study recipes.

Biphasic solution-solid growth for single crystals

Confine ligand and metal salt sources between solid substrates to modulate reaction kinetics and grow large conductive MOF single-crystal plates.

Claimed effects: Large Ni-CAT-1 single crystals allow basal-plane conductivity and Hall measurements that are obscured in pressed pellets.

Controlling variables: Substrate-confined reaction volume · Ligand film orientation · Metal precursor placement · Magnetic clamping · Reaction kinetics

Representative materials: Ni-CAT-1

Caveat: The review frames this as one example of morphology control; transport values remain secondary until checked in the primary paper.

4006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6A

Electrochemical growth of large-area conductive MOF films

Release metal ions electrochemically from a metal anode into a deprotonated linker solution to grow a conductive MOF film on the electrode surface.

Claimed effects: Electrochemical control tunes Cu3(HHTP)2 film morphology and thickness and improves crystalline domain size and electrical conductivity relative to interfacial films.

Controlling variables: Applied voltage · Electrolysis time · Anode dissolution rate · Single-crystal metal surface · Film thickness

Representative materials: Cu3(HHTP)2 thin film

Caveat: The review cites this as a promising route for industrial-scale film production, not as established manufacturing consensus.

4006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6B

Controlled or spontaneous in situ redox chemistry

Allow redox-active building blocks to change oxidation state during framework formation, sometimes guided by atmosphere, solvent, metal choice, or linker synthon.

Claimed effects: In situ redox chemistry generates mixed valency and can alter morphology, dimensionality, conductivity, thermoelectric polarity, and magnetism.

Controlling variables: Aerobic versus anaerobic conditions · Metal ion redox potential · Linker synthon oxidation state · Solvent · Temperature · Base or amine additives

Representative materials: Cu-HHB · Cu3(C6O6)2 · Fe12(C6O6)6 · Fe8(C6O6)6 · Fe5(C6O6)3

Caveat: The review stresses that resultant redox changes are often less intuitive and can be unpredictable.

4001 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3

On-surface synthesis of molecularly thin networks

Form metal-organic networks directly on a crystalline metal surface by deprotonation and metal-ligand bond formation during annealing.

Claimed effects: Surface confinement produces a low-coordination Co-HHTP network with large orbital magnetic moment and anisotropy.

Controlling variables: Surface identity · Annealing · Linker deprotonation · Metal coordination topology

Representative materials: Co-HHTP on Au(111)

Caveat: This is a surface-confined model route rather than a bulk-device synthesis route.

4006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6C

Postsynthetic redox and counterion intercalation

Modify a formed framework with reductants, oxidants, or cation exchange to tune component redox states while preserving framework topology when accessible pores permit homogeneous ion motion.

Claimed effects: Can create mixed valency, produce large conductivity changes, switch carrier type, and change carrier density and magnetic interactions.

Controlling variables: Framework porosity · Counterion loading · Reductant or oxidant stoichiometry · Accessibility of redox sites · Extent of oxidation or reduction

Representative materials: Fe2(BDP)3 · LixFe3(THT)2

Caveat: Nonporous materials can show inhomogeneous redox chemistry because redox sites inside particles are less accessible.

4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 4

Predefined linker redox state

Prepare linkers in different oxidation states before coordination so that the framework inherits the targeted redox state.

Claimed effects: In TTFtt-based nickel CPs, different linker redox states switch carrier type and photothermoelectric response.

Controlling variables: Linker oxidation state · Transmetalation chemistry · Counterion state · Linker-centred redox chemistry

Representative materials: Li-NiTTFtt · NiTTFtt

Caveat: The review identifies unresolved questions about how linker oxidation states affect packing, crystallinity, morphology, Seebeck coefficients, carrier identity, and carrier concentration.

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2B

Presynthetic ligand oxidation with chemical preoxidants

Use a chemical oxidant to partially oxidise a redox-active linker before metal binding, thereby changing nucleation and particle morphology.

Claimed effects: Different oxidants and equivalents alter Cu3(HHTP)2 particle shape from rods to spherical clusters, blocks, and flakes, with large changes in aspect ratio.

Controlling variables: Preoxidant identity · Oxidant strength · Oxidant sublimation rate · Oxidant equivalents · Initial linker oxidation extent

Representative materials: Cu3(HHTP)2

Caveat: The review notes the exact mechanism by which oxidised HHTP changes morphology is complex and not yet fully understood.

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2A

Review claims

These are the review authors’ synthesis, not newly measured results.

Author InterpretationMedium supportApplication Relevance

Redox-active conductive CPs/MOFs may access correlated phenomena such as superconductivity, metallic transport, spin valves, and quantum sensing because they combine conductivity, tunability, porosity, and radical spins.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: The review presents these as proof-of-concept and emergent applications requiring deeper structure-property understanding.

4006 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7

DescriptiveHigh supportMaterial Comparison

Changing metal and linker synthons in Fe-C6O6 materials produces different in situ redox states, morphologies, and thermoelectric/electrical properties.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: The comparison is a review synthesis across related but distinct materials.

4002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B

Author InterpretationHigh supportCaveat

In situ redox chemistry is common in conductive CP/MOF synthesis, but the final oxidation states can be less intuitive and sometimes unpredictable.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: Some systems can be rationally programmed by atmosphere or conditions, but not generally.

4001 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry

DescriptiveHigh supportStructure Property Link

The LixFe3(THT)2 series demonstrates that controlled postsynthetic redox tuning can broadly modulate conductivity, thermoelectric behaviour, carrier concentration, carrier type, and magnetic interactions.

Evidence basis: single_reference

Caveat: The review identifies it as one example rather than a general law for all conductive MOFs.

4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 4

Consensus SummaryHigh supportCaveat

Poor control over macroscopic morphology, grain boundaries, and anisotropy can limit or obscure intrinsic transport properties in conductive CPs/MOFs.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: The review also notes processable disordered materials may be useful if robust physical properties are retained.

4005 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies

Author InterpretationHigh supportConsensus

Future progress requires precise synthetic redox control, in situ spectroscopy during synthesis, and quantitative transport measurements as a function of redox state.

Evidence basis: review_reasoning

Caveat: This is the authors' outlook rather than a primary-data finding.

4007 · Conclusion and Outlook

Author InterpretationHigh supportStructure Property Link

Porosity can make counterion intercalation and homogeneous redox modulation easier in MOFs than in nonporous redox-active solids.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: Site accessibility and pore volume remain limiting factors, especially in nonporous particles.

4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry

DescriptiveHigh supportStructure Property Link

Presynthetic oxidation of HHTP can control Cu3(HHTP)2 morphology and aspect ratio, indicating ligand oxidation affects nucleation and growth.

Evidence basis: single_reference

Caveat: Mechanistic details remain unresolved in the review's summary.

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2A

Consensus SummaryHigh supportStructure Property Link

Redox-active components in conductive CPs/MOFs can supply charge carriers and dictate transport pathways through metal-ligand orbital overlap, extended pi-d conjugation, and pi-pi interactions.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: The review does not claim a single universal transport mechanism; redox state and structure determine pathway.

3999 · Introduction · Figure 1B

DescriptiveHigh supportMeasurement Interpretation

Large single crystals can reveal intrinsic basal-plane conductivity and carrier concentration that pressed pellets obscure through suppressed mobility.

Evidence basis: single_reference

Caveat: The claim is based on a cited Ni-CAT-1 example rather than a universal quantitative correction.

4006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6A

Consensus SummaryHigh supportMeasurement Interpretation

No single spectroscopy fully establishes component redox states in electronically delocalised extended solids; complementary methods and timescale awareness are necessary.

Evidence basis: review_reasoning

Caveat: Formal oxidation states may be incomplete descriptors when charge is delocalised or dynamic.

4003 · 3.1. In-Depth Spectroscopic Methods · Figure 5

Author InterpretationHigh supportSynthesis Strategy

Conductive CP/MOF synthesis with redox-active building blocks requires design criteria beyond traditional MOF modulation because redox reactions, coordination, pi-stacking, kinetics, and thermodynamics are coupled.

Evidence basis: review_reasoning

Caveat: The review notes that redox modulating agents for conductive CPs/MOFs are not clearly delineated.

4000 · Introduction

Author InterpretationMedium supportCaveat

Although both band-like and small-bandgap semiconducting behaviour have been observed, the role of redox state in governing that boundary remains unclear compared with traditional conducting polymers.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: This is a review-level interpretation of a still-developing mechanistic literature.

4000 · Introduction

DescriptiveHigh supportTransport Mechanism

Predefined TTFtt redox states in nickel CPs can switch carrier behaviour from p-type semiconducting to n-type metallic and alter photothermoelectric performance.

Evidence basis: single_reference

Caveat: The review lists unresolved structure-property questions about packing, morphology, carrier identity, and concentration.

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2B

Author InterpretationHigh supportMeasurement Interpretation

XPS can identify metal and linker redox changes, especially in S-based materials, but surface sensitivity means etching or repeated analysis may be required before assigning bulk chemistry.

Evidence basis: multi_reference

Caveat: Careful carbon referencing, background subtraction, and peak deconvolution are required.

4004 · 3.1. In-Depth Spectroscopic Methods · Figure 5C

Secondary benchmarks

Every row remains visibly secondary and links to a primary dossier only where the mapping is verified.

MaterialPropertyReported valueContext and qualityPrimary evidenceReview source
SecondaryCu-BHTBulk superconducting transition~0.25 KConfirmed by electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat measurements according to the review.
Text · Approximate
No verified corpus mapping4007 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7A
SecondaryCu3(HHTP)2Nanocrystal aspect-ratio change from presynthetic oxidationover 60-foldControlled oxidative synthesis using substituted quinones and varying extent of initial HHTP oxidation.
Text · Approximate
research_02804001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2A
SecondaryCu3(HHTP)2 thin filmCrystalline domain size from electrochemical synthesisnearly 80 nmElectrochemical synthesis on single-crystal Cu(100).
Text · Approximate
research_00764006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6B
SecondaryLSMO/Cu3(HHTP)2/Co organic spin valveMagnetoresistance responseup to 25% at 10 KVertical OSV device using oriented Cu3(HHTP)2 thin film.
Text · Exact Reported
research_01294007 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7C
SecondaryFe12(C6O6)6Room-temperature electrical conductivity2.7 x 10^-4 S cm^-1Room temperature; n-type thermoelectric behaviour.
Text · Exact Reported
research_01984002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B
SecondaryFe2(BDP)3Conductivity enhancement after reductive insertionnearly 10000-foldFractional reduction of porous Fe2(BDP)3 using potassium naphthalenide.
Text · Approximate
research_00294002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry
SecondaryFe5(C6O6)3Seebeck coefficient+59.3 uV K^-1Review comparison of Fe-C6O6 materials; p-type semiconductor.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B
SecondaryFe5(C6O6)3Electrical conductivity2.0(4) x 10^-2 S cm^-1Review comparison of Fe-C6O6 materials; p-type semiconductor.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B
SecondaryFe8(C6O6)6Seebeck coefficient-194.0 uV K^-1Room temperature; n-type thermoelectric behaviour.
Text · Exact Reported
research_00664002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B
SecondaryFe8(C6O6)6Room-temperature electrical conductivity3.9(3) x 10^-3 S cm^-1Room temperature; n-type thermoelectric behaviour.
Text · Exact Reported
research_00664002 · 2.2. In Situ Redox Chemistry · Figure 3B
Secondary2D conductive iron-quinoid magnetMagnetic ordering temperature increase after one-electron reduction80 to 105 KOne-electron reduction per formula unit; review-reported change in ordering temperature.
Text · Exact Reported
research_00954000 · 2. Examples
SecondaryLi-NiTTFttPhotothermal temperature increase and Seebeck voltage95 deg C and 660 uV at 0.4 W/cm2NIR laser, 808 nm, 0.4 W/cm2; pellet.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2B
SecondaryLixFe3(THT)2Conductivity increase upon oxidation10000-fold greater conductivityOxidation across LixFe3(THT)2 redox states.
Text · Approximate
No verified corpus mapping4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 4
SecondaryLi3Fe3(THT)2 and Fe3(THT)2Interlayer distance change across redox states3.522(21) A to 3.365(4) AUnoxidized Li3Fe3(THT)2 compared with most oxidized Fe3(THT)2.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4002 · 2.3. Postsynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 4A
SecondaryNi-CAT-1Best basal-plane single-crystal conductivity2 S/cmLarge single-crystal plate, basal-plane electrical conductivity.
Text · Exact Reported
research_00534006 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies · Figure 6A
SecondaryNiTTFttHigh electronic conductivity in amorphous CPup to 1200 S cm^-1Amorphous coordination polymer with intrinsic glassy metallic behaviour.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4007 · 3.3. Emergent Applications · Figure 7B
SecondaryNiTTFttPhotothermal temperature increase and Seebeck voltage100 deg C and 270 uV at 2.0 W/cm2NIR laser, 808 nm, 2.0 W/cm2; pellet.
Text · Exact Reported
No verified corpus mapping4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry · Figure 2B

Research gaps

Open questions are presented as review-author priorities, not conclusions from the primary database.

In situ monitoring

High

Spontaneous redox chemistry during material synthesis needs direct in situ monitoring to understand how it dictates morphology and properties.

Proposed direction: Apply in situ PXRD, UV-vis, and FT-IR during synthesis and link results to ex situ transport and spectroscopy.

4007 · Conclusion and Outlook

Redox-state effects on nucleation and growth

High

A general mechanistic understanding of how component redox state affects coordination geometry, bond strength, nucleation, and morphology is lacking.

Proposed direction: Use controlled redox series and in situ measurements to connect redox chemistry with growth kinetics and thermodynamics.

4000 · Introduction

Material morphology for measurement and devices

High

Fast kinetics often yield polycrystalline powders or films with small domains; grain boundaries, anisotropy, and disorder obscure intrinsic properties.

Proposed direction: Develop single-crystal, oriented-film, electrochemical, on-surface, and processable-disordered routes with controlled morphology.

4005 · 3.2. Practical Considerations of Material Morphologies

Materials discovery

Medium

Additional redox-active motifs are needed to access highly correlated electronic properties and multifunctional applications.

Proposed direction: Incorporate new redox-active building blocks through rational molecular design, targeting spin-polarised transport and other unusual phenomena.

4008 · Conclusion and Outlook

Redox-state characterization

High

Formal component redox-state assignment is challenging in extended solids with charge delocalization or dynamic electronic structures.

Proposed direction: Use complementary spectroscopy with careful attention to probe timescale, surface sensitivity, and formal-valence limitations.

4003 · 3.1. In-Depth Spectroscopic Methods · Figure 5

Synthetic redox control

High

Redox modulating agents for conductive CPs/MOFs are not clearly delineated, unlike traditional MOF modulators.

Proposed direction: Develop stoichiometric oxidant/reductant and electrochemical approaches that control component redox states during synthesis.

4000 · Introduction

Transport mechanism

High

The role of redox state in distinguishing band-like from small-bandgap semiconducting transport remains unclear.

Proposed direction: Quantify carrier identity, concentration, mobility, and redox state together across systematic material series.

4000 · Introduction

Presynthetic redox structure-property links

Medium

For TTFtt systems, questions remain about how linker oxidation states affect packing, crystallinity, morphology, Seebeck coefficients, carrier identity, and carrier concentrations.

Proposed direction: Pair presynthetic redox control with crystallographic, morphology, Hall, Seebeck, and spectroscopic analysis.

4001 · 2.1. Presynthetic Redox Chemistry

Cited-study map

Mappings show which printed review references have a verified counterpart in the frozen primary corpus.

Show 36 cited-study records
ReferenceStudyRole and contextCorpus mapping
Ref. 72009Electroconductive Porous Coordination Polymer Cu[Cu(pdt)2] Composed of Donor and Acceptor Building Unitshistorical_framingCited as the earliest realisation of electrical conductivity in MOFs using donor and acceptor building blocks.research_0201
Ref. 82020Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworksbackground_review · transport_mechanismsCited for broader conductive MOF background and charge-transport mechanisms.Unmapped
Ref. 92021Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Frameworks (2D c-MOFs): Chemistry and Function for MOFtronicsbackground_review · moftronicsCited for redox-active components, design motifs, and applications of 2D conjugated MOFs.Unmapped
Ref. 1420202D Semiconducting Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films for Organic Spin Valvesapplication_benchmark · spin_transportCited for 2D conductive MOF organic spin valve devices and magnetoresistance benchmark.research_0129
Ref. 152014Redox Control and High Conductivity of Nickel Bis(dithiolene) Complex pi-Nanosheet: A Potential Organic Two-Dimensional Topological Insulatorpostsynthetic_redox · spectroscopy_contextCited for redox control of conductivity and as part of the XPS/linker-redox discussion for S-based materials.research_0361
Ref. 1620172D Conductive Iron-Quinoid Magnets Ordering up to Tc = 105 K via Heterogenous Redox Chemistrytransport_benchmark · magnetism · postsynthetic_redoxCited for redox-induced increase in magnetic ordering temperature and reduced conductivity in an iron-quinoid material.research_0095
Ref. 182023Experimental Manifestation of Redox-Conductivity in Metal-Organic Frameworks and its Implication for Semiconductor/Insulator Switchingredox_conductivity · postsynthetic_redoxCited for redox-state dependence of conductivity and for counterion intercalation context.research_0497
Ref. 192017Signature of Metallic Behavior in the Metal-Organic Frameworks M3(hexaiminobenzene)2 (M = Ni, Cu)metallic_behaviour · in_situ_redoxCited for band-like or small-bandgap behaviour and in situ redox chemistry in 2D semiconducting MOFs.Unmapped
Ref. 202018High-mobility Band-Like Charge Transport in a Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworktransport_mechanism · band_like_transportCited for observed band-like transport and for Hall/terahertz methods relevant to transport mechanisms.research_0001
Ref. 212001Nobel Lecture: Semiconducting and Metallic Polymers: The Fourth Generation of Polymeric Materialsconducting_polymer_contextCited as background for the more mature mechanistic literature on conducting polymers.Unmapped
Ref. 222020The Journey of Conducting Polymers from Discovery to Applicationconducting_polymer_contextCited with Heeger for context on charge transport in traditional organic polymers.Unmapped
Ref. 232015A 2D Semiquinone Radical-Containing Microporous Magnet with Solvent-Induced Switching from Tc = 26 to 80 Kin_situ_redox · magnetismCited for in situ ligand redox chemistry and mixed-valence quinoid/semiquinoid linkers.Unmapped
Ref. 242015Electronic Conductivity, Ferrimagnetic Ordering, and Reductive Insertion Mediated by Organic Mixed-Valence in a Ferric Semiquinoid Metal-Organic Frameworkmixed_valence · postsynthetic_redoxCited for mixed-valence organic linkers contributing to conductivity and magnetism.research_0186
Ref. 252018Breathing-Dependent Redox Activity in a Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Metal-Organic Frameworkredox_structure_couplingCited for difficulties in understanding how component redox state influences coordination geometry and growth.Unmapped
Ref. 262022Oxidative control over the morphology of Cu3(HHTP)2, a 2D Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworkmorphology_control · presynthetic_redox · transport_benchmarkCited for presynthetic oxidation controlling Cu3(HHTP)2 particle morphology and aspect ratio.research_0280
Ref. 272017Best Practices for the Synthesis, Activation, and Characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworkssynthesis_context · mof_modulationCited as a contrast for traditional MOF modulation versus less-developed redox modulation in conductive CP/MOF synthesis.Unmapped
Ref. 312022Intrinsic Glassy-metallic Transport in an Amorphous Coordination Polymertransport_benchmark · metallic_transport · disordered_materialsCited for amorphous NiTTFtt with high conductivity and intrinsic glassy metallic behaviour.Unmapped
Ref. 322022Presynthetic Redox Gated Metal-to-Insulator Transition and Photothermoelectric Properties in Nickel Tetrathiafulvalene-Tetrathiolate Coordination Polymerspresynthetic_redox · transport_benchmark · thermoelectric_transportCited for redox-gated carrier switching and photothermoelectric benchmarks in TTFtt-based nickel CPs.Unmapped
Ref. 332020Redox, Transmetalation, and Stacking Properties of Tetrathiafulvalene-2,3,6,7-tetrathiolate Bridged Tin, Nickel, and Palladium Compoundspresynthetic_redox · linker_redox_retentionCited for the premise that TTFtt linker redox state remains unchanged by transmetalation.Unmapped
Ref. 352014High Electrical Conductivity in Ni3(2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene)2, a Semiconducting Metal-Organic Graphene Analoguein_situ_redox · conductive_2d_mofCited as a 2D semiconducting MOF where synthesis requires oxygen for in situ oxidation.Unmapped
Ref. 362022Linker Redox Mediated Control of Morphology and Properties in Semiconducting Iron-Semiquinoid Coordination Polymersin_situ_redox · transport_benchmark · spectroscopyCited for linker-redox-mediated control of iron-semiquinoid morphology, thermoelectric properties, and Moessbauer/FT-IR assignments.Unmapped
Ref. 372018Synthetic Routes for a 2D Semiconductive Copper Hexahydroxybenzene Metal-Organic Frameworkin_situ_redox · synthetic_conditionsCited for Cu-HHB synthesis and the role of ethylenediamine in controlling crystallinity and yield.research_0792
Ref. 382022Unraveling the Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Layered Conductive Metal-Organic Framework with Atomic Precisionin_situ_redox · magnetismCited for a more oxidised Cu3(C6O6)2 MOF and interpretation of pi-stacking, semiconducting properties, and magnetism.Unmapped
Ref. 392020Paramagnetic Conducting Metal-Organic Frameworks with Three-Dimensional Structurein_situ_redox · transport_benchmarkCited for 3D Fe12(C6O6)6 and its redox-dependent thermoelectric/electrical properties.research_0198
Ref. 402020Valence-Dependent Electrical Conductivity in a 3D Tetrahydroxyquinone-Based Metal-Organic Frameworktransport_benchmark · postsynthetic_redox · in_situ_redoxCited for valence-dependent conductivity in Fe8(C6O6)6 and as a nonporous contrast for postsynthetic reduction.research_0066
Ref. 412018Electron Delocalization and Charge Mobility as a Function of Reduction in a Metal-Organic Frameworkpostsynthetic_redox · transport_benchmark · charge_mobilityCited for porous Fe2(BDP)3 reductive insertion, mixed valency, and large conductivity enhancement.research_0029
Ref. 422023Broad Electronic Modulation of Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks over Four Distinct Redox Statespostsynthetic_redox · transport_benchmark · thermoelectric_transportCited for four-state redox modulation of LixFe3(THT)2 and associated transport, carrier, and magnetic changes.Unmapped
Ref. 432021Controlling Dynamic Magnetic Properties of Coordination Clusters via Switchable Electronic Configurationspectroscopy_context · timescale_caveatCited for the importance of probe timescales in interpreting electronic structures and redox states.Unmapped
Ref. 442023Tetrathiafulvalene-2,3,6,7-tetrathiolate Linker Redox-State Elucidation via S K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopyspectroscopy · linker_redoxCited for S K-edge XAS support that redox changes occur on TTFtt linkers and that pathways are linker-linker.Unmapped
Ref. 452020X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy: Towards Reliable Binding Energy Referencingspectroscopy · xps_caveatCited for XPS as a method requiring careful referencing and quantitative interpretation.Unmapped
Ref. 472019Room Temperature Metallic Conductivity in a Metal-Organic Framework Induced by Oxidationoxidation_induced_metallicity · morphology_caveat · xps_contextCited for oxidation-induced metallic conductivity and for morphology/spectroscopy context.Unmapped
Ref. 482021Large Single Crystals of Two-Dimensional pi-Conjugated Metal-Organic Frameworks via Biphasic Solution-Solid Growthmorphology_control · single_crystal · transport_benchmarkCited for biphasic solution-solid growth of Ni-CAT-1 single crystals and conductivity/Hall measurement advantages.research_0053
Ref. 492021Electrochemical Synthesis of Large Area Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Films on Copper Anodesmorphology_control · thin_films · electrochemical_synthesisCited for electrochemical growth of large-area Cu3(HHTP)2 films with voltage/time-controlled morphology and thickness.research_0076
Ref. 502022On-Surface Design of a 2D Cobalt-Organic Network Preserving Large Orbital Magnetic Momenton_surface_synthesis · magnetismCited for on-surface synthesis of Co-HHTP networks with low coordination and large orbital magnetic moment.Unmapped
Ref. 522018Superconductivity in a Copper(II)-Based Coordination Polymer with Perfect Kagome Structureapplication_benchmark · superconductivityCited for superconductivity in Cu-BHT and possible quantum spin liquid relevance.Unmapped
Ref. 532022Room-Temperature Quantitative Quantum Sensing of Lithium Ions with a Radical-Embedded Metal-Organic Frameworkapplication_benchmark · quantum_sensingCited for radical-embedded MgHHTP enabling room-temperature quantitative lithium sensing.Unmapped