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Inside Back Cover: Metal–Organic Frameworks Containing Missing‐Linker Defects Leading to High Hydroxide‐Ion Conductivity (Chem. Eur. J. 5/2016)
Author(s) -
Montoro Carmen,
Ocón Pilar,
Zamora Félix,
Navarro Jorge A. R.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201680503
Subject(s) - hydroxide , conductivity , linker , metal hydroxide , cluster (spacecraft) , metal organic framework , ion , metal , molecule , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , computer science , programming language , operating system
The deliberate introduction of defects on fcu frameworks, based on Ni 8 clusters connected by benzenebipyrazolate linkers, after the treatment with KOH/EtOH leading to missing linker defects and metal cluster basification, is responsible for a boosting of the ion conductivity and depletion of activation energy barrier for the mobility of hydroxide ions. It is worth noting that framework hydrophilicity also plays a major role in order to establish water‐mediated proton‐transfer processes from the basic [Ni 8 (OH) 5 (EtO)] clusters to the hydration water molecules (Grotthuss mechanism). More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. A. R. Navarro et al. on page 1646 ff.