Correlation between coordinated water content and proton conductivity in Ca–BTC-based metal–organic frameworks

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 48; no. 70; pp. 8829 - 8831
• Main Authors: Mallick, Arijit, Kundu, Tanay, Banerjee, Rahul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2012
• Subjects: chemical communication; chemical reactions; coordination polymers; Correlation; Hydrogen bonding; Lattices; Metal-organic frameworks; Moisture content; temperature; water content

Proton conductivity of five Ca-based MOFs which depends on the amount of water molecules coordinated to the Ca-centres has been reported. These MOFs show high temperature proton conductivity due to the strong hydrogen bonding between the lattice and coordinated water molecules.