Post-synthesis functionalization of ZIF-90 with sulfonate groups for high proton conduction.

Introducing sulfonic acid groups into MOF materials is one of the effective approaches to enhance proton conduction. Here, we attempted to prepare a new post-modified ZIF-90-based material by addition reaction of the aldehyde group with bisulfite to obtain partially functionalized ZIF-90-SONa. ZIF-90-SONa exhibits a high proton conductivity of 2.

Electrostatic attraction induces cationic covalent-organic framework to pack inorganic acid ions for promoting proton conduction.

A cationic COF (CCOF) was imported to afford stable proton conductive material while the positively charged CCOF can constrain the inorganic anion groups into the framework through an ion exchange process. The inorganic anions could play the role of proton donors to provide a rich source of protons, as well as the proton acceptors for proton transmission, thus forming an interlinked proton conduction pathway within the framework. The proton conductivities of COF materials loaded with different anions have been improved to varying degrees, and the conductivity of HPO@CCOF is up to 3.

Experimental and Theoretical Study on Terahertz Spectra for Regenerated Cellulose.

In this work, regenerated cellulose films were prepared with an iced dissolution method, while the physical morphologies and crystal types of the products were systematically characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared(FTIR), while X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). The results demonstrate that the as-prepared continuous and uniform films are indeed cellulose Ⅱ, whose morphology and crystal type are significantly different from those of the degreased cotton. Moreover, Terahertz time domain system (THz-TDS) and FTIR were employed to measure the THz spectra of the regenerated cellulose films.