Research Progress of Ionic Porous Organic Polymers

Ionic porous organic polymer (i-POP) is an emerging class of organic porous polyelectrolytes featuring ionized backbones or side groups on the skeletons. i-POPs are highly designable exhibiting large specific surface areas and intrinsic nanopores. Their physicochemical properties and functionality can be skillfully regulated by varying ionized building blocks. Compared with neutral porous organic polymers, i-POPs possess controllable ionic sites and high charge density, broadening the application ranges of porous organic polymers. Meanwhile, their applicability can be strengthened by the inherent association between pore confinement, skeleton function, and abundant ionic sites. The compositions, structures, and synthetic methods of amorphous i-POPs have been significantly explored in recent years. Tremendous studies have demonstrated that i-POPs are promising for various advanced applications including adsorption/separation, sensing, catalysis and so on.