The paper authored by Associate Professor Yuki Nagao (Materials Chemistry Area) has been selected to the front cover of Macromolecular Rapid Communications, published by Wiley.

■Journal
Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2022, Volume 43, Issue 1
First published: 7 January 2022

■Authors
Lipeng Zhai, Yuze Yao, Baiwei Ma, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Yuxi Han, Liwei Mi, Yuki Nagao, Zhongping Li

■Title
Accumulation of Sulfonic Acid Groups Anchored in Covalent Organic Frameworks as an Intrinsic Proton-Conducting Electrolyte

■Abstract
Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) with abundant built-in sulfonic acid groups on the uniform 1D channel were prepared as proton-conducting electrolytes. The excellent proton conductivity of 1.5 ×10^-2 S cm^-1 at 25 °C and 95% relative humidity (RH) with binder-free was achieved for the sulfonated COFs, which ranked the excellent performance as a proton-conducting electrolyte.

References:
https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202100590
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15213927/2022/43/1

January 12, 2022