Mukhopadhyay, S;
Debgupta, J;
Singh, C;
Sarkar, R;
Basu, O;
Das, SK;
(2019)
Designing UiO-66-Based Superprotonic Conductor with the Highest Metal-Organic Framework Based Proton Conductivity.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
, 11
(14)
pp. 13423-13432.
10.1021/acsami.9b01121.
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Abstract
Metal−organic framework (MOF) based proton conductors have received immense importance recently. The present study endeavors to design two post synthetically modified UiO-66-based MOFs and examines the effects of their structural differences on their proton conductivity. UiO-66-NH2 is modified by reaction with sultones to prepare two homologous compounds, that is, PSM 1 and PSM 2, with SO3H functionalization in comparable extent (Zr:S = 2:1) in both. However, the pendant alkyl chain holding the −SO3H group is of different length. PSM 2 has longer alkyl chain attachment than PSM 1. This difference in the length of side arms results in a huge difference in proton conductivity of the two compounds. PSM 1 is observed to have the highest MOF-based proton conductivity (1.64 × 10−1 S cm−1 ) at 80 °C, which is comparable to commercially available Nafion, while PSM 2 shows significantly lower conductivity (4.6 × 10−3 S cm−1 ). Again, the activation energy for proton conduction is one of the lowest among all MOF-based proton conductors in the case of PSM 1, while PSM 2 requires larger activation energy (almost 3 times). This profound effect of variation of the chain length of the side arm by one carbon atom in the case of PSM 1 and PSM 2 was rather surprising and never documented before. This effect of the length of the side arm can be very useful to understand the proton conduction mechanism of MOF-based compounds and also to design better proton conductors. Besides, PSM 1 showed proton conductivity as high as 1.64 × 10−1 S cm−1 at 80 °C, which is the highest reported value to date among all MOF-based systems. The lability of the −SO3H proton of the post synthetically modified UiO-66 MOFs has theoretically been determined by molecular electrostatic potential analysis and theoretical pKa calculation of models of functional sites along with relevant NBO analyses.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Designing UiO-66-Based Superprotonic Conductor with the Highest Metal-Organic Framework Based Proton Conductivity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.9b01121 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b01121 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | MOF, post-synthetic modification, superproton conductors, humidity-assisted proton conduction, effect of chain length |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074072 |
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