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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302146
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conducting mechanism; imidazole-doped COF; intra-molecular hydrogen bonding; proton conduction
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This study elucidates the potential impact of intramolecular H-bonds within the pore walls of COFs on proton conductivity. The inclusion of an imidazole group disrupts these intramolecular bonds, leading to the formation of intermolecular H-bonds within the pore channels, thus dramatically increasing proton conductivity. DFT calculations provide further evidence for this inference.
This work elucidates the potential impact of intramolecular H-bonds within the pore walls of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) on proton conductivity. Employing DaTta and TaTta as representative hosts, it was observed that their innate proton conductivities (s) are both unsatisfactory and s(DaTta)< s(TaTta). Intriguingly, the performance of both imidazole-loaded products, Im@DaTta and Im@TaTta is greatly improved, and the s of Im@DaTta (0.91x10(-2) S cm(-1)) even surpasses that of Im@TaTta (3.73x10(-3) S cm(-1)) under 100 ? and 98 % relative humidity. The structural analysis, gas adsorption tests, and activation energy calculations forecast the influence of imidazole on the H-bonded system within the framework, leading to observed changes in proton conductivity. It is hypothesized that intramolecular H-bonds within the COF framework impede efficient proton transmission. Nevertheless, the inclusion of an imidazole group disrupts these intramolecular bonds, leading to the formation of an abundance of intermolecular H-bonds within the pore channels, thus contributing to a dramatic increase in proton conductivity. The related calculation of Density Functional Theory (DFT) provides further evidence for this inference.
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