Highly Conductive Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Resilient Lithium Storage with Superb Rate Capability

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Wu, Zhenzhen
Adekoya, David
Huang, Xing
Kiefel, Milton J
Xie, Jian
Xu, Wei
Zhang, Qichun
Zhu, Daoben
Zhang, Shanqing
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2020
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Redox-active organic cathode materials have drawn growing attention because of the broad availability of raw materials, eco-friendliness, scalable production, and diverse structural flexibility. However, organic materials commonly suffer from fragile stability in organic solvents, poor electrochemical stability in charge/discharge processes, and insufficient electrical conductivity. To address these issues, using Cu(II) salt and benzenehexathiolate (BHT) as the precursors, we synthesized a robust and redox-active 2D metal-organic framework (MOF), [Cu3(C6S6)]n, namely, Cu-BHT. The Cu-BHT MOFs have a highly conjugated structure, affording a high electronic conductivity of 231 S cm-1, which could further be increased upon lithiation in lithium-ion battery (LIB) applications. A reversible four-electron reaction reveals the Li storage mechanism of the Cu-BHT for a theoretical capacity of 236 mAh g-1. The as-prepared Cu-BHT cathode delivers an excellent reversible capacity of 175 mAh g-1 with ultralow capacity deterioration (0.048% per cycle) upon 500 cycles at a high current density of 300 mA g-1. Therefore, we believe this work would provide a practical strategy for the development of high-power energy storage materials.

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ACS Nano

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Nanotechnology

Cu-BHT

LIBs

benzenehexathiolate

cathode

conductive 2D metal−organic frameworks (MOFs)

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Wu, Z; Adekoya, D; Huang, X; Kiefel, MJ; Xie, J; Xu, W; Zhang, Q; Zhu, D; Zhang, S, Highly Conductive Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Resilient Lithium Storage with Superb Rate Capability., ACS Nano, 2020

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