Date of Award

2024-12-01

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Chemistry

Advisor(s)

Dino D. Villagran

Second Advisor

Harish D. Banda

Abstract

Two-dimensional metal organic frameworks (2D MOFs) with honeycomb-like porous sheets are of growing interest for applications in electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis. Notably, 2D MOFs that host their porous sheets in eclipsed or slipped-parallel stacking modes possess continuous one-dimensional pores (1D) and have been widely studied. In contrast, related 2D MOFs with a staggered stacking mode have reduced porosity, are relatively rare, and are largely unexplored for applications. Here we report 2-fold enhanced redox storage and intercalation of diverse ions in a staggered-stacked, nonporous 2D MOF over its eclipsed-stacked, porous counterpart. Interestingly, both MOFs, despite undergoing similar ligand-centered redox processes, differ by storing four and two electrons per formula unit of the staggered and eclipsed phases, respectively. Taken together, the stacking mode-dependent modulation of a ligand's redox behavior in 2D MOFs offers a new avenue to tune structureâ??property relationships and presents important motivation to explore nonporous 2D MOFs.

Language

en

Provenance

Recieved from ProQuest

File Size

92 p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Satya Prakash Suman

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