Synthesis and characterisation of microporous, conducting, photoactive novel pyrene containing material

Rowling, Adam and Doulcet, Julien and Sherrett, Ellena and Dawson, Robert and Peach, Michael J. G. and Harley, Sam and Robinson, Benjamin and Trewin, Abbie (2026) Synthesis and characterisation of microporous, conducting, photoactive novel pyrene containing material. RSC Advances, 16 (20). pp. 18283-18286. ISSN 2046-2069

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Abstract

Here we report a novel framework material, OSPC-Py, synthesised via an organic one-pot route, highlighting its structural modularity and potential for further chemical functionality to be incorporated. It is highly microporous with a SABET = 850 m2 g−1, is a semi-conductor with a conductivity of 1.32 × 10−9 S cm−1, and is photo-active. Demonstrating the novel potential to incorporate optically active chemical functionality within an semi-conductive yet microporous material. This is a very attractive target with many potential applications, including photochromism, photomodulated luminescence, and photocatalysis.