Sustainable hydrogen production from water splitting has emerged as a promising pathway for the storage and conversion of solar energy. Hydrogen is a valuable energy carrier that can be transformed into electricity using fuel cell technology or used in the production of industrially relevant chemicals such as ammonia and methanol. Heterogenization of molecular catalysts is an attractive strategy to combine the advantageous properties of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a promising class of materials; however, their insulating nature has limited their application as electrocatalysts. We have demonstrated the successful integration of metal dithiolene units into one and two-dimensional frameworks by using dinucleating and trinucleating thiolate-based ligand scaffolds. The developed metal dithiolene frameworks display remarkable activity for the electrocatalytic conversion of water into hydrogen and electrical conductivity that is switchable from semiconducting to metallic. We expect the design principles discovered in these studies to have a profound impact towards the development of advanced materials and sustainable technologies.

Conductive metal dithiolene frameworks for electrocatalytic H<sub>2</sub> production

2019 Spring National Meeting

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Conductive metal dithiolene frameworks for electrocatalytic H2 production

Conductive metal dithiolene frameworks for electrocatalytic H₂ production