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ArticleNature communications2026

Enhanced proton conductivity in azole-functionalized three-dimensional crystalline covalent organic frameworks.

Aiping Yao, Changyan Zhu, Jun Liu, Hongliang Xu, Kuizhan Shao, Chunyi Sun, Chao Qin, Xinlong Wang, Hongying Zang, Zhongmin Su and 1 more

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Aiping Yao *Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Changyan Zhu *Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Jun LiuKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Hongliang XuKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Kuizhan ShaoKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Chunyi SunKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. suncy009@nenu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6060-2693
Chao QinKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Xinlong WangKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China. wangxl824@nenu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5758-6351
Hongying ZangKey Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-0303
Zhongmin SuSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-1966
Donglin JiangDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceNational University of Singapore 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, Singapore. chmjd@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-1330

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22371032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proton conduction pathways and mechanisms in covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have long been obscured by polycrystalline disorder. Here we report a solvent-free melt-phase post-synthetic modification (PSM) strategy that enables precise functionalization of three-dimensional single-crystalline COFs while preserving crystallinity. This methodology overcomes the limitations of solvent-mediated PSM by operating above the melting point of azole reagents, ensuring homogeneous pore accessibility without solvent occlusion. Applied to archetypal imine-linked COF-300, the method achieves crystallographically resolved conversion of fragile imine bonds (C = N, 1.245 Å) into robust amine linkages (C-N, 1.415 Å), concurrently covalently anchoring of proton-conductive azoles (C-N, 1.487 Å) on the COFs skeleton. The resulting azole-functionalized COFs (COF-300-1,2,3-triazole, COF-300-1,2,4-triazole, COF-300-pyrazole) exhibit intrinsic anhydrous superprotonic conductivity reaching 4.35 × 10

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