Through-Space Intervalence Charge Transfer as a Mechanism for Charge Delocalization in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Abstract

Understanding the nature of charge transfer mechanisms in 3-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is an important goal owing to the possibility of harnessing this knowledge to design electroactive and conductive frameworks. These materials have been proposed as the basis for the next generation of technological devices for applications in energy storage and conversion, including electrochromic devices, electrocatalysts, and battery materials. After nearly two decades of intense research into MOFs, the mechanisms of charge transfer remain relatively poorly understood, and new strategies to achieve charge mobility remain elusive and challenging to experimentally explore, validate, and mo..