Self-supplying coreactant radical and structural distortion induced by carbonate ligand in metal–organic framework for anomalous deep-red Self-electrochemiluminescence

Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D5SC02359A, Edge Article Lu Zhao, Zhenjie Xu, Xianzhen Song, Caifeng Ding, Huangxian Ju The potential of CO32− ligand in self-electrochemiluminescence (self-ECL) was exploited. The CO32− unit can generate a coreactant radical and cause distortion of the structure to trigger an unusual electric-dipole transfer transition in 5D0–7F4.