The sequential structural transformation of a heptanuclear zinc cluster towards hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitor applications.

ABSTRACT: The peripheral N/O chelating of Schiff base ligands, inner bridges, counterions, and metal centers gave rise to a brucite disk cluster [Zn₇L₆(OCH₃)₆](NO₃)₂ (Zn₇, (HL = 2-methoxy-6-((methylimino)-methyl)phenolate)) which crystallized into hexagonal prismatic plates. The combination of crystallographic studies, in situ TG-MS, and other characterization techniques showed that with a fixed metal and ligand composition in the precursors, weak correlative interactions (e.g., electrostatic interactions) and shape matching between the cluster core and counterions determine the cluster packing modes in the crystals and affect their phase and morphological changes during pyrolysis. The tracking of the pyrolysi

SUBMITTER: Li T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature