Encapsulating mobile proton carriers into structural defects in coordination polymer crystals; High anhydrous proton conduction and fuel cell application

犬飼 宗弘*; 堀毛 悟史*; 板倉 智也*; 篠崎 良太*; 荻原 直希*; 梅山 大樹*; Nagarker, S.*; 西山 裕介*; Malon, M.*; 林 灯*; et al.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(27), p.8505 - 8511, 2016/07

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b03625

We describe encapsulation of mobile proton carriers into defect sites in non-porous coordination polymers. The proton carriers are encapasulated with high mobility and provide high proton conductivity at 150C under anhydrous condition. The high proton conductivity and non-porous nature allow power generation by fuel cell in which CPs are used as electrolyte. To observe defects and mobile proton carriers, we carried out solid-state NMR, XAFS, XRD, and ICP-AES/EA. On the basis of these analyses, we elucidated that the defect sites provide space for mobile uncoordinated HPO, HPO, and HO. These mobile carriers play a key role to expand proton hopping path and promote the mobility of all protons in coordination frameworks, leading to high proton conductivity and fuel cell power generation.