title: One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity.
abstract: The development of anhydrous proton-conductive materials operating at temperatures above 80 degrees C is a challenge that needs to be met for practical applications. Herein, we propose the new idea of encapsulation of a proton-carrier molecule--imidazole in this work--in aluminium porous coordination polymers for the creation of a hybridized proton conductor under anhydrous conditions. Tuning of the host-guest interaction can generate a good proton-conducting path at temperatures above 100 degrees C. The dynamics of the adsorbed imidazole strongly affect the conductivity determined by (2)H solid-state NMR. Isotope measurements of conductivity using imidazole-d4 showed that the proton-hopping mechanism was dominant for the conducting path. This work suggests that the combination of guest molecules and a variety of microporous frameworks would afford highly mobile proton carriers in solids and gives an idea for designing a new type of proton conductor, particularly for high-temperature and anhydrous conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Sareeya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bureekaew
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horike
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa