화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.143, No.8, 3049-3053, 2021
Dual Intrareticular Oxidation of Mixed-Ligand Metal-Organic Frameworks for Stepwise Electrochemiluminescence
This work presents a mixed-ligand metal-organic framework (m-MOF) integrated with two ligands, one as a luminophore and the other as a coreactant, on one metal node for self-enhanced electrochemiluminescence (ECL). Both 9,10-di(p-carboxyphenyl)anthracene (DPA) and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (D-H-2) ligands can be oxidized, generating the cation radicals DPA(+center dot) and D-H-2(+center dot), respectively. The latter can be deprotonated to form the neutral radical (D-H-center dot) and then react with DPA(+center dot) to produce excited DPA* for ECL emission without exogenous coreactants. As a result of the incorporation into the MOF framework and the intrareticular charge transfer between the two ligands, the ECL intensity of the m-MOF was increased 26.5-fold compared with that of the mixture of DPA and D-H-2 in aqueous solution. Moreover, with the process of second oxidation of D-H-2, stepwise ECL emission was observed as a result of local excitation in the DPA unit, which was identified through density functional theory calculations. Overall, the implementation of the mixed-ligand approach, which combines the luminophore and coreactant as linkers in reticular materials, enriches the fundamentals and applications of ECL systems.