title: Enhanced performance in gas adsorption and Li ion batteries by docking Li(+) in a crown ether-based metal-organic framework.
abstract: Incorporating supramolecular interaction units, crown ether rings, into metal-organic frameworks enables the docking of metal ions through complexation for enhanced performance in H2 and CO2 adsorption and lithium ion batteries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Linyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China. qwli@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Binbin
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authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China. qwli@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yi
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authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Zhizhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Lingzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China. qwli@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Qiaowei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371, Singapore. zhaoyanli@ntu.edu.sg and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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authors.lastname: Zhao