Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Integration of a (–Cu–S–) n plane in a metal–organic framework affords high electrical conductivity

  • Abhishek Pathak,
  • Jing-Wen Shen,
  • Muhammad Usman,
  • Ling-Fang Wei,
  • Shruti Mendiratta,
  • Yu-Shin Chang,
  • Batjargal Sainbileg,
  • Chin-May Ngue,
  • Ruei-San Chen,
  • Michitoshi Hayashi,
  • Tzuoo-Tsair Luo,
  • Fu-Rong Chen,
  • Kuei-Hsien Chen,
  • Tien-Wen Tseng,
  • Li-Chyong Chen,
  • Kuang-Lieh Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09682-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Metal–organic frameworks that contain metal–sulfur chains have been demonstrated to exhibit good electrical conductivity. Here, the authors integrate a 2D metal–sulfur plane into a metal–organic framework, reporting a single crystal with a high conductivity of 10.96 S/cm.