Developing highly
stable materials for harmful ion detection in
a water environment is of much importance and challenging. Here, two
three-dimensional porous structures (termed as Eu-MOF and Tb-MOF)
were successfully constructed by the strategy of anchoring Eu3+/Tb3+ and rigid 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic
acid (H4BTEC) imidazole units (H3ICA) onto its
frameworks. The obtained Eu-MOF and Tb-MOF display high water stability
and fluorescence stability up to 30 days. Furthermore, luminescent
studies reveal that Eu-MOF and Tb-MOF show rapid, recursive, and simultaneous
sensing Fe3+ and Cr2O7
2–/CrO4
2– ions in water. In addition,
the sensing function possesses remarkable cyclicity and selectivity
even with the existence of other analogous ions.
Here, two novel 3D Cd(II)-MOFs, [Cd3·L·(BTB)2·2DMF]
and [(Cd3O2)·L·BTC] (denoted
as CUST-532 and CUST-533, L = 9,10-bis(N-benzimidazolyl)-anthracene, BTB = 1,3,5-tris(4-carboxyphenyl) benzene, BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid, CUST = Changchun University of
Science and Technology), were synthesized by solvothermal conditions.
Both CUST-532 and CUST-533 are 3D (3,8)-c
topological nets with the same point symbol of {43}2{46·618·84}. PXRD
and TGA analyses prove that CUST-532 and CUST-533 have good structural stability and thermal stability. On the basis
of the high fluorescence characteristics, the results of fluorescence
sensing experiments show that CUST-532 and CUST-533 can be used as multifunctional chemical sensors to achieve rapid
fluorescence quenching response to antibiotic residues, Fe3+ and Cr2O7
2– ions at a much
lower concentration. Furthermore, the possible mechanisms of fluorescence
quenching in the sensing process were systematically studied by PXRD,
UV–vis, fluorescence decay lifetime, and density functional
theory.
The interface characteristic is a crucial factor determining the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs). In this work, our aim is to conduct a comparative study on the interface characteristics between the very famous non-fullerene acceptor, ITIC, and a fullerene acceptor, PC71BM by combining molecular dynamics simulations with density functional theory. Based on some typical interface models of the acceptor ITIC or PC71BM and the donor PBDB-T selected from MD simulation, besides the evaluation of charge separation/recombination rates, the relative positions of Frenkel exciton (FE) states and the charge transfer states along with their oscillator strengths are also employed to estimate the charge separation abilities. The results show that, when compared with those for the PBDB-T/PC71BM interface, the CT states are more easily formed for the PBDB-T/ITIC interface by either the electron transfer from the FE state or direct excitation, indicating the better charge separation ability of the former. Moreover, the estimation of the charge separation efficiency manifests that although these two types of interfaces have similar charge recombination rates, the PBDB-T/ITIC interface possesses the larger charge separation rates than those of the PBDB-T/PC71BM interface. Therefore, the better match between PBDB-T and ITIC together with a larger charge separation efficiency at the interface are considered to be the reasons for the prominent performance of ITIC in OSCs.
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