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A robust zirconium amino acid metal-organic framework for proton conduction

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  • Sujing Wang

    (PSL Research Université)

  • Mohammad Wahiduzzaman

    (Université Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon)

  • Louisa Davis

    (Université Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon)

  • Antoine Tissot

    (PSL Research Université)

  • William Shepard

    (Synchrotron SOLEIL-UR1, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48)

  • Jérôme Marrot

    (Université Paris-Saclay)

  • Charlotte Martineau-Corcos

    (Université Paris-Saclay
    CEMHTI, UPR 3079 CNRS)

  • Djemel Hamdane

    (Collège de France)

  • Guillaume Maurin

    (Université Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon)

  • Sabine Devautour-Vinot

    (Université Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon)

  • Christian Serre

    (PSL Research Université)

Abstract

Proton conductive materials are of significant importance and highly desired for clean energy-related applications. Discovery of practical metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with high proton conduction remains a challenge due to the use of toxic chemicals, inconvenient ligand preparation and complication of production at scale for the state-of-the-art candidates. Herein, we report a zirconium-MOF, MIP-202(Zr), constructed from natural α-amino acid showing a high and steady proton conductivity of 0.011 S cm−1 at 363 K and under 95% relative humidity. This MOF features a cost-effective, green and scalable preparation with a very high space-time yield above 7000 kg m−3 day−1. It exhibits a good chemical stability under various conditions, including solutions of wide pH range and boiling water. Finally, a comprehensive molecular simulation was carried out to shed light on the proton conduction mechanism. All together these features make MIP-202(Zr) one of the most promising candidates to approach the commercial benchmark Nafion.

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  • Sujing Wang & Mohammad Wahiduzzaman & Louisa Davis & Antoine Tissot & William Shepard & Jérôme Marrot & Charlotte Martineau-Corcos & Djemel Hamdane & Guillaume Maurin & Sabine Devautour-Vinot & Christ, 2018. "A robust zirconium amino acid metal-organic framework for proton conduction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07414-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07414-4
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