articleJournal of the American Chemical SocietyApr 4, 2025GREEN OA

Selective Electrochemical Capture of Monovalent Cations Using Crown Ether-Functionalized COFs

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Abstract

Electrochemical adsorption offers a promising approach for the separation of monovalent cations, which is an important but challenging subject in separation science. However, progress in this area has been hampered by the lack of suitable materials with effective ion selectivity. In this work, we present the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) functionalized with a series of crown ethers (NCx-TAB-COFs, x donate 12, 15, 18, indicating the size of crown ether) for the efficient and highly selective electrochemical capture of monovalent cations. In our design, crown ether moieties act as confinement sites, imparting high selectivity for different monovalent cations depending on the cavity dimensions…

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