An Upgraded “Two‐in‐One” Strategy toward Highly Crystalline Covalent Organic Frameworks
Dan Chen, Weiben Chen, Guolong Xing, Ting Zhang, Long Chen
Abstract
Abstract A highly crystalline bicarbazole‐based covalent organic framework (BCzP‐COF) was synthesized via an upgraded “two‐in‐one” strategy by the self‐polycondensation of A 2 B 2 monomer with two neopentyl acetal and two amine groups. Such a strategy is propitious to afford higher crystallinity, larger special surface areas and better morphology than that of using unprotected monomer with free aldehydes and amines. Additionally, the off‐white powder of BCzP‐COF could serve as acidichromism sensor with a significant color change. Intriguingly, the conductivity of the protonated BCzP‐COF can improve by six orders of magnitude compared to that of the pristine samples. This work has the potential to lead to bicarbazole‐functional materials for chemosensors and electronic devices.