@article{
author = "Triana, Carlos A. and Moré, René and Bloomfield, Aaron J. and Petrović, Predrag and Goberna Ferron, Sara and Stanley, George and Zarić, Snežana D. and Fox, Thomas and Brothers, Edward N. and Sheehan, Stafford W. and Anastas, Paul T. and Patzke, Greta R.",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Disordered materials with resilient and soft-templated functional units bear thepotential to fill the pipeline of robust catalysts for renewable energy storage.However, for novel materials lacking long-range order, the ability to discernlocal structure with atomic resolution still pushes the boundaries of currentanalytical and modeling approaches. We introduce a two-pillar strategy tomonitor the formation and unravel the structure of the first disordered one-dimensional cobalt coordination polymer catalyst, Co-dppeO2.Thistargetmaterial excels through proven high performance in commercial alkalineelectrolyzers and organic transformations. We demonstrate that the key archi-tecture behind this activity is the unconventional embedding of hydrated{H2O-Co2(OH)2-OH2} edge-site motifs, nested into a flexible organic matrix ofhighly oxidized and bridging hydrophobic dppeO2ligands. Our combinationofin situspectroscopy and computational modeling of X-ray scattering andabsorption spectra, backed with complementary experimental techniques,holds the key to understanding the atomic-range structure of importantdisordered materials.",
publisher = "Cell Press",
journal = "Matter",
title = "Soft Templating and Disorder in an Applied 1D Cobalt Coordination Polymer Electrocatalyst",
volume = "1",
number = "5",
pages = "1354-1369",
doi = "10.1016/j.matt.2019.06.021"
}