NIR-II absorption and photothermal conversion in a photochromic metal–organic framework based on cis-2,2′-biquinoline-4,4′-dicarboxylate†
Abstract
A BCA cis-coordinated MOF (1) was initially discovered to exhibit electron transfer photochromism. Remarkably, the photogenerated radicals (1P) showed a maximum absorption enhancement peak at 1158 nm, resulting from the synergistic effects of planar π-conjugation induced by cis-coordination and π–π interactions among [BCA]˙˙ radicals, thereby promoting the NIR-II photothermal effect.