Large pore donor—acceptor covalent organic frameworks

Shangbin Jin, Ko Furukawa, Matthew Addicoat, Long Chen, Seiya Takahashi, Stephan Irle, Toshikazu Nakamura, Donglin Jiang

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Abstract

We report the synthesis and structural characterization of large pore covalent organic frameworks (COFs) integrated with donor and acceptor building blocks. The donor and acceptor, based on triphenylene and diimide, respectively, are topologically linked to form COFs with stacked donor and acceptor columns and 5.3 nm width channels, which show high crystallinity and large surface area. By varying donor–acceptor structure in conjunction with time-resolved spectroscopy, these large-pore COFs constitute benchmark frameworks to elucidate not only the importance of donor–acceptor pairing but also the role of lattice structure in charge transfer and separation, thereby casting a general principle for the structural design of optoelectronic and photovoltaic COFs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4505-4511
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Science
Volume4
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 28 2013
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science23655137, 24245030, 25287091

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