US 11,964,992 B2
Solid solution approach for redox active metal organic frameworks with tunable redox conductivity
Fernando Javier Uribe-Romo, Orlando, FL (US); Gavin Pour, Orlando, FL (US); David Fairchild, Orlando, FL (US); and Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, Urbana, IL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Orlando, FL (US); and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US)
Filed by UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Orlando, FL (US); and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/068,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/913,470, filed on Oct. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0179652 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. C07F 17/02 (2006.01); C25B 11/048 (2021.01)
CPC C07F 17/02 (2013.01) [C25B 11/048 (2021.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a metal-organic framework (MOF) having a desired redox conductivity and comprising redox-active linkers, each having ω-alkyl-ferrocene groups, the method comprising:
combining, in a solvent comprising ZrOCl2, one or more redox-active linkers and one or more redox-inactive linkers in a ratio sufficient to provide the MOF with the desired redox conductivity,
wherein at least one of the one or more redox-active linkers comprise the following formula:

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R being a C1 to C24 alkyl;
wherein at least one of the one or more redox-inactive linkers comprise the following formula:

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and
wherein the produced MOF comprises the following formula:
Zr6O4(OH)4[FcxNR1-x]6;
wherein Fc represents the plurality of redox-active linkers,
wherein NR represents the one or more redox-inactive linkers, and
wherein x is from 2 to 100.