A tetranuclear Cu4(μ3-OH)2-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with sulfonate-carboxylate ligands for proton conduction

Xi-Yan Dong; Rui Wang; Jia-Bin Li; Shuang-Quan Zang; Hong-Wei Hou; Thomas C W Mak

doi:10.1039/c3cc46226a

A tetranuclear Cu4(μ3-OH)2-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with sulfonate-carboxylate ligands for proton conduction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 21;49(90):10590-2. doi: 10.1039/c3cc46226a.

Authors

Xi-Yan Dong¹, Rui Wang, Jia-Bin Li, Shuang-Quan Zang, Hong-Wei Hou, Thomas C W Mak

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China. zangsqzg@zzu.edu.cn.

PMID: 24092457
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46226a

Abstract

A new tetranuclear Cu4(μ3-OH)2-based metal-organic framework (MOF) with sulfonate-carboxylate ligands features large hydrophilic channels. This MOF exhibits proton conductivity over 10(-3) S cm(-1) at 85-100 °C and 98% relative humidity and colossal dielectric constant.