Conjugated microporous polymer frameworks for sustainable energy materials – elucidating the influence of solvents on the porosity properties for future design principles †

Mollart, Catherine and Trewin, Abbie (2024) Conjugated microporous polymer frameworks for sustainable energy materials – elucidating the influence of solvents on the porosity properties for future design principles †. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12 (7). pp. 4159-4168. ISSN 2050-7488

Abstract

Here, we use atomic simulations to rationalise why using high polarity solvents to synthesise conjugated microporous polymers gives a high ratio of micro- to mesoporosity, and using low polarity solvents gives a lower ratio of micro- to mesoporosity.