Superprotonic Conductivity of UiO-66 with Missing-Linker Defects in Aqua-Ammonia Vapor.

The design and preparation of proton-conducting metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with superconductivity are of significance for the proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Introducing functional structural defects to enhance proton conductivity is a good approach. Here, we synthesized a series of UiO-66 (first synthesized in the University of Oslo) with missing-linker defects and investigated the effect of defect numbers on the proton conductivity of the samples.

Dual-Functional Proton-Conducting and pH-Sensing Polymer Membrane Benefiting from a Eu-MOF.

Porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have demonstrated a great potential in proton conduction and luminescence sensing due to functionalized nodes, ligands and channels, or pores. Herein, we prepared a hydrothermally stable Eu-MOF that also resisted acid and base using a bifunctional organic ligand containing carboxylic acid groups, which are easily coordinated to Eu ions, and Eu-phobic tetrazolyl groups as potential proton-hopping sites. The hydrogen bond network, which was constructed by the uncoordinated anionic tetrazolium and the coordinated and free water molecules, endowed this Eu-MOF with the highest proton conductivity of 4.

Potassium ditin(IV) tris-[phosphate(V)], KSn(2)(PO(4))(3).

The title compound, KSn(2)(PO(4))(3), belongs to the NASICON-type family of phosphates with the space group R[Formula: see text]. Its structure is constructed by very regular [with P-O distances ranging from 1.513 (6) to 1.

Poly[[tetra-aqua-tris-(μ(3)-hexane-1,6-di-carboxyl-ato)diterbium(III)] 0.25-hydrate].

In the title terbium coordination polymer, {[Tb(2)(C(6)H(8)O(4))(3)(H(2)O)(4)]·0.25H(2)O}(n), the Tb(III) atom is nine-coordinated, forming a TbO(9) polyhedra. Furthermore, two symmetric TbO(9) polyhedra share their edges, forming Tb(2)O(16) dimers, which are linked by adipate bridges into a layered structure.

Redetermination of Fe(2)[BP(3)O(12)].

Explorations of phases in the quaternary Fe(III)-B(III)-P(V)-O system prepared by the high temperature solution growth (HTSG) method led to single-crystal growth of anhydrous diiron(III) borotriphosphate, Fe(2)[BP(3)O(12)]. This phase has been synthesized previously as a microcrystalline material and its structure refined in space group P3 from powder X-ray diffraction data using the Rietveld method [Chen et al. (2004 ▶).