Proton Conduction Mechanism in a Non-Porous Molecular Solid

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We propose to study hydrogen/deuterium exchange in the new non-porous molecular solid {[Co(orotate)2(bipy)][Cu(H2O)(bipy)]}nn[Co(orotate)2(bipy)]5nH2O in order to understand the mechanism of putative proton conduction occurring in the solid. The water structure in this substance is conducive to the operation of a "Grotthuss mechanism" of proton transfer, and impedance measurements on single crystals show humidity-dependent conductivity, consistent with such a mechanism. Single crystal structure determination of an as-grown sample followed by analysis of the same sample after exposure to D2O vapor will reveal the sites subject to deuterium substitution as well as any double-well hydrogen bond paths.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.5-12-300
Metadata Access https://data.ill.fr/openaire/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=10.5291/ILL-DATA.5-12-300
Provenance
Creator Vazquez, Elena Forcen; Mayoral, Isabel; Falvello, Lawrence Rocco; Tomas, Milagros; Mason, Sax Anton; Capelli, Silvia
Publisher Institut Laue-Langevin
Publication Year 2014
Rights OpenAccess; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Size 771 GB
Version 1
Discipline Particles, Nuclei and Fields