Abstract
Proton-transfer reactions in imidazole molecules confined in the metal-organic framework MIL-53(Al) were studied by means of Born-Oppenheimer molecular-dynamics simulations employing the density-functional tight-binding method. The statistical analysis of the trajectories revealed an essential impact of the framework on the orientation of the molecules in its channels and, thus, on the hydrogen-bond network. The one-dimensional hydrogen-bond network is one reason for faster reorientation dynamics compared to liquid imidazole. A lifetime in the order of 100 fs could be attributed to the proton-transfer transition state, a Zundel-like ion, and the combined imidazole@MIL-53(Al) system exhibited shorter times between hopping events compared to the liquid phase. This goes along with experimental findings of enhanced proton conductivity in this system.
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