Fluorine-Specific Interactions in Fluorinated Coordination Polymers for Electrocatalysis - Proton Conduction and Catalytic Activity for Fuel-Cells and Water Electrolysis (A06)

• Subject Area: Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
• Term: from 2019 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 387284271

The work program covers the mechanochemical synthesis of novel FMOFs and their detailed characterization, in which their degree of fluorination will be varied deliberately under the same synthesis conditions using different organic linkers. The electrochemical characterization of these novel materials for fuel cell (ORR, oxygen reduction reaction) and electrolysis (OER, oxygen evolution reaction) applications is validated in an RDE set-up and later on also in the system itself. It is investigated to what extent the acidity, which can be adjusted by the degree of fluorination, affects the proton conductivity.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1349: Fluorine-Specific Interactions: Fundamentals and Functions
• Applicant Institution: Freie Universität Berlin
• Project Heads: Privatdozentin Dr. Franziska Emmerling; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Christina Roth