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Author Spotlight: Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Thermal conductivity of a perovskite-type metal-organic framework crystal
Wilarachchige D C B Gunatilleke1, Kaya Wei, Zheng Niu
1Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA. sqma@usf.edu.
Abstract:
We report for the first time the investigation of thermal conductivity for a perovskite-type MOF crystal. In situ single crystal X-ray diffraction technology was employed to track the phase transition of a newly synthesized perovskite MOF. The perovskite MOF crystal exhibits a low thermal conductivity of 1.3 W (K m)-1 in comparison to most of the bulk crystal materials at room temperature.
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