Proton conduction by sulfonic group-functionalized mixed-ligand coordination polymers

Highly proton conductive nanoporous coordination polymers with sulfonic acid groups on the pore surface.

Three new sulfonated porous coordination polymers (PCPs)/metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been synthesized using solvothermal methods. These PCPs possess porous structures with non-coordinating sulfonic acid groups or sulfonate with dimethyl ammonium cations and exhibit high proton conductivity at a low humidity of 60% RH (relative humidity) at ambient temperature.

Coordination Polymers with High Proton Conductivity

Acid-Functionalized Mesostructured Aluminosilica for Hydrophilic Proton Conduction Membranes

New proton exchange membrane (PEM) materials with high proton conductivities at elevated temperatures (ca. > 150 °C) offer the promise of improving PEM fuel cell operation. Higher operating temperatures would provide several benefits including: (i) improved resistance to carbon monoxide poisoning of the platinum (Pt) electrocatalyst at the anode, (ii) reduced need for feed-stream heat and humid...

Coordination polymers utilizing N-oxide functionalized host ligands.

Pyridyl functionalized host molecules are oxidized to their N-oxide analogues and form a series of coordination polymers and discrete complexes with transition metal cations. Complex {[Ag(3)(NMP)(6)(L1)(2)]·3(ClO(4))}(∞) where L1 = tris(isonicotinoyl-N-oxide)cyclotriguaiacylene, NMP = N-methylpyrrolidone, is a three-dimensional (3-D) 3,6-connected coordination polymer of pyrite-like (pyr) topol...

Silver coordination polymers with tri- and hexacyanoethyl-functionalized macrocyclic ligands.

Tri- and hexa-cyanoethyl functionalized 17- () and 42-membered () macrocyclic compounds were obtained by [1 + 1] (for ) or [2 + 2] (for ) cyclocondensation of the corresponding dialdehyde and diethylenetriamine, followed by hydrogenation by KBH4 and subsequent cyano-functionalization with acrylonitrile. They react with silver nitrate, leading to the formation of [AgL(1)](NO3) () and of the meta...