This invention provides a method for synthesizing polynitrogen heterocyclic
carbene copper materials and their applications, overcoming the shortcomings of existing methods that produce polynitrogen heterocyclic
carbene copper complexes with mostly irregular morphologies. This invention achieves the controllable construction of rod-shaped, sheet-like, and spherical polynitrogen heterocyclic
carbene copper materials through a universal method. Firstly, molecules with
benzyl bromide groups are used as linkers,
imidazole molecules as monomers, and
acetonitrile or 1,4-dioxane as
solvent I. Through the coordination between different types of linkers, monomers, and
solvent I, the growth rates v in the x, y, and z directions are effectively controlled during the quaternization and self-
assembly process of the linkers and monomers. x v y v z It is possible to controllably prepare
polyimide salts in the form of rods, sheets, or spheres; then, under the protection of an
inert atmosphere, using the
polyimide salt as a backbone, the
imidazole salt is deprotonated and coordinated with the
copper salt under alkaline conditions to controllably construct rod-shaped, sheet-shaped, or spherical polyazo heterocyclic carbene copper materials.