Valence-Dependent Electrical Conductivity in a 3D Tetrahydroxyquinone-Based Metal-Organic Framework

Gan Chen; Leland B Gee; Wenqian Xu; Yanbing Zhu; Juan S Lezama-Pacheco; Zhehao Huang; Zongqi Li; Jeffrey T Babicz Jr; Snehashis Choudhury; Ting-Hsiang Chang; Evan Reed; Edward I Solomon; Zhenan Bao

doi:10.1021/jacs.0c09379

Valence-Dependent Electrical Conductivity in a 3D Tetrahydroxyquinone-Based Metal-Organic Framework

J Am Chem Soc. 2020 Dec 23;142(51):21243-21248. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c09379. Epub 2020 Dec 14.

Authors

Gan Chen¹, Leland B Gee², Wenqian Xu³, Yanbing Zhu⁴, Juan S Lezama-Pacheco⁵, Zhehao Huang⁶, Zongqi Li¹, Jeffrey T Babicz Jr², Snehashis Choudhury⁷, Ting-Hsiang Chang⁷, Evan Reed¹, Edward I Solomon^{2

8}, Zhenan Bao⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
² Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
³ X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States.
⁴ Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
⁵ Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
⁶ Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.
⁸ Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States.

Abstract

Electrically conductive metal-organic frameworks (cMOFs) have become a topic of intense interest in recent years because of their great potential in electrochemical energy storage, electrocatalysis, and sensing applications. Most of the cMOFs reported hitherto are 2D structures, and 3D cMOFs remain rare. Herein we report FeTHQ, a 3D cMOF synthesized from tetrahydroxy-1,4-quinone (THQ) and iron(II) sulfate salt. FeTHQ exhibited a conductivity of 3.3 ± 0.55 mS cm^-1 at 300 K, which is high for 3D cMOFs. The conductivity of FeTHQ is valence-dependent. A higher conductivity was measured with the as-prepared FeTHQ than with the air-oxidized and sodium naphthalenide-reduced samples.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Electric Conductivity*
Electrochemistry
Iron / chemistry
Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Oxidation-Reduction
Quinones / chemistry*

Substances

Metal-Organic Frameworks
Quinones
Iron

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