Direct Evidence of Photoinduced Charge Transport Mechanism in 2D Conductive Metal Organic Frameworks
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
11-2020
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Source Publication
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Source ISSN
0002-7863
Original Item ID
doi:10.1021/jacs.0c09000
Abstract
Conductive metal organic frameworks (MOFs) represent a promising class of porous crystalline materials that have demonstrated potential in photo-electronics and photocatalytic applications. However, the lack of fundamental understanding on charge transport (CT) mechanism as well as the correlation of CT mechanism with their structure hampered their further development. Herein, we report the direct evidence of CT mechanism in 2D Cu-THQ MOFs and the correlation of temporal and spatial behaviors of charge carriers with their photoconductivity by combining three advanced spectroscopic methods, including time resolved optical and X-ray absorption spectroscopy and terahertz spectroscopy. In addition to Cu-THQ, the CT in Cu/Zn-THQ after incorporating Zn2+ guest metal was also examined to uncover the contribution of through space pathway, as the presence of the redox inactive 3d10 Zn2+ is expected to perturb the long range in-plane CT. We show that the hot carriers in Cu-THQ generated after photoexcitation are highly mobile and undergo fast localization to a lower energy state (cool carriers) with electrons occupying Cu center and holes in ligands. The cool carriers, which have super long lifetime (>17 ns), are responsible for the long-term photoconductivity in Cu-THQ and transport through the O–Cu–O motif with negligible contribution from interlayer ligand π–π stacking, as incorporation of Zn2+ in Cu-THQ significantly reduced photoconductivity. These unprecedented results not only demonstrate the capability to experimentally probe CT mechanism but also provide important insight in the rational design of 2D MOFs for photoelectronic and photocatalytic applications.
Recommended Citation
Nyakuchena, James; Ostresh, Sarah; Streater, Daniel; Pattengale, Brian; Neu, Jens; Fiankor, Christian; Hu, Wenhui; Kinigstein, Eli Diego; Zhang, Jian; Zhang, Xiaoyi; Schmuttenmaer, Charles A.; and Huang, Jier, "Direct Evidence of Photoinduced Charge Transport Mechanism in 2D Conductive Metal Organic Frameworks" (2020). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 1032.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/1032
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 142, No. 50 (November 2020): 21050-21058. DOI. © 2020 American Chemical Society. Used with permission.