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  • Materials Science
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

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  • High-performance conductive covalent organic frameworks (COFs) require integrated long-range conjugated fused-ring structures, which are challenging to synthesize.
  • Existing COF architectures often lack the necessary electronic properties for advanced applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and synthesize novel two-dimensional (2D) COFs featuring unidimensional fused-ring structures.
  • To investigate the electronic and catalytic properties of these new COF materials.

Main Methods:

  • Metal ion-mediated metal tetraaza[14]annulene (MTAA) ring formation from nonfused-ring precursors.
  • Characterization of the resulting 2D COFs' structural, optical, and electrical properties.

Main Results:

  • Four new 2D COFs with interconnected, parallel linear conjugated fused-ring bands were successfully synthesized.
  • The COFs exhibit a narrow optical bandgap (<1 eV), high conductivity (10^-3 S cm^-1), and significant carrier mobility (10^-1 cm^2 V^-1 s^-1).
  • CoTAA-COF-1 demonstrated a high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) half-wave potential (0.84 V) in alkaline media.

Conclusions:

  • A viable strategy for constructing fused-ring COFs was established, enabling the development of narrow-band-gap organic semiconductors.
  • The synthesized COFs show potential as high-performance electrocatalysts, particularly for the ORR.