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Toward Ideal Metal-Organic Framework Thin-Film Growth via Automated Layer-by-Layer Deposition: Examples Based on Perylene Diimide Linkers

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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01753

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  1. US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [CHE-1944903]
  2. Northwestern University
  3. MRSEC program [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
  4. International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)
  5. State of Illinois through the IIN
  6. NSF CAREER Award
  7. National Science Foundation
  8. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility
  9. U.S. DOE, Office of Basic Energy Sciences
  10. [DE-FG02-87ER13808]
  11. [CBET-1846707]
  12. [DMR- 1121262]

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Photoactive metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films have the potential to be used in devices for solar energy conversion. This study focuses on optimizing the growth of MOF thin films with uniform thickness. By adjusting the metal identity, pillaring ligand composition, and supporting-surface chemical functionality, smoother films can be obtained.
Photoactive metal-organic framework (MOF) thin films offer an opportunity for translating the advantages of periodic, crystalline, and tailorable light-harvesting materials directly into devices such as those for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion. In this study, we report the fabrication of light-absorbing perylene-diimide-containing pillared-paddlewheel MOF thin films using an automated layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition technique. Our focus here is on optimizing the growth of representative chromophoric MOFs as oriented films of uniform and predefined thickness. Growth was examined as a function of metal identity, pillaring ligand composition, and supporting-surface chemical functionality. Application of atomic force microscopy (AFM) and complementary techniques revealed that the surface-supported MOFs initially display island-type film growth (Volmer-Weber growth), resulting in comparatively rough films. Further growth is accompanied by the merging of islands, resulting in films that, depending on experimental details, can be remarkably smooth (i.e., roughness on the order of +/- 1 nm (one structural repeat unit in the pillaring direction)). These details include the use of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) as a MOF pillar and ALD-grown zinc oxide as a film support (ALD = atomic layer deposition). Also helpful for mitigating island-type growth, at least in part, is the replacement of Zn2+ by Cu2+ as the metal component of the MOF. Notably, each of these adjustments entails replacing weaker chemical bonds with stronger ones.

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