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Harrison DM, Kim EY, Rhodes TB, Yang Z, Paige M, Luo C. A bipolar polymer cathode for sodium-ion batteries. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7192-7195. [PMID: 38904432 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01479k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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A bipolar polymer cathode material, containing redox-active azo benzene and diamine moieties, was synthesized for sodium-ion batteries. The n-type azo group and p-type amine group enable a wide cutoff window with an initial capacity of 93 mA h g-1 at 50 mA g-1 and a high voltage plateau at ∼3.3 V.
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- Daniel M Harrison
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
- Quantum Science & Engineering Center, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA
- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, USA.
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Hiltermann TW, Sarkar S, Thangadurai V, Sutherland TC. Diamino-Substituted Quinones as Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:8580-8588. [PMID: 38320233 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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This study introduces a sustainable approach to designing organic cathode materials (OCMs) for lithium-ion batteries as a potential replacement for traditional metal-based electrodes. Utilizing green synthetic methodologies, we synthesized and characterized five distinct quinone derivatives and investigated their electrochemical attributes within Li-ion battery architectures. Notably, the observed specific capacities were lower than the theoretical predictions, suggesting limitations in achieving efficient redox reactions in a coin-cell configuration. Among the quinone derivatives studied, one variant derived from natural vanillin showed superior cycle stability, maintaining 58% capacity retention over 95 charge-discharge cycles, and achieving a Coulombic efficiency of 90%. Importantly, we discovered that the commonly used Super-P conductive carbon did not yield any measurable battery performance; instead, these quinones necessitated the incorporation of graphene nanoplatelets as the conductive matrix. Through a facile one-step synthesis in ethanol or water, we have demonstrated a viable synthetic route for producing OCMs, albeit with moderate performances, which have attempted to address common concerns of high solubility and poor redox reactivity of previous OCMs, thereby offering a sustainable pathway for the development of organic-based energy storage devices.
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- Tyler W Hiltermann
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Shchurik EV, Kraevaya OA, Vasil'ev SG, Zhidkov IS, Kurmaev EZ, Shestakov AF, Troshin PA. Anthraquinone-Quinizarin Copolymer as a Promising Electrode Material for High-Performance Lithium and Potassium Batteries. Molecules 2023; 28:5351. [PMID: 37513224 PMCID: PMC10384886 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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The growing demand for cheap, safe, recyclable, and environmentally friendly batteries highlights the importance of the development of organic electrode materials. Here, we present a novel redox-active polymer comprising a polyaniline-type conjugated backbone and quinizarin and anthraquinone units. The synthesized polymer was explored as a cathode material for batteries, and it delivered promising performance characteristics in both lithium and potassium cells. Excellent lithiation efficiency enabled high discharge capacity values of >400 mA g-1 in combination with good stability upon charge-discharge cycling. Similarly, the potassium cells with the polymer-based cathodes demonstrated a high discharge capacity of >200 mAh g-1 at 50 mA g-1 and impressive stability: no capacity deterioration was observed for over 3000 cycles at 11 A g-1, which was among the best results reported for K ion battery cathodes to date. The synthetic availability and low projected cost of the designed material paves a way to its practical implementation in scalable and inexpensive organic batteries, which are emerging as a sustainable energy storage technology.
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- Elena V Shchurik
- Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS, 1 Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
- Higher Chemical College of RAS, D.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 9 Miusskaya square, 125047 Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS, 1 Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS, 1 Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Mira 19 Str., 620002 Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Mira 19 Str., 620002 Yekaterinburg, Russia
- M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, S. Kovalevskoi 18 Str., 620108 Yekaterinburg, Russia
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- Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS, 1 Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
- Faculty of Fundamental Physics & Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP 1, 1-51 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research Center for Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry RAS, 1 Prospekt Akademika Semenova, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
- Zhengzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Longyuan East 7th 26, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou 450003, China
- Harbin Institute of Technology, No.92 West Dazhi Street, Nan Gang District, Harbin 150001, China
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Chu J, Li G, Wang Y, Zhang X, Yang Z, Han Y, Cai T, Song Z. Benzoquinone-Pyrrole Polymers as Cost-Effective Cathodes toward Practical Organic Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:25566-25575. [PMID: 35611969 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c05703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Organic cathode materials (OCMs) for rechargeable Li and Na batteries show great advantages in resource sustainability and huge potential in electrochemical performance but suffer from dissolution problems and costly synthesis. Herein, for the first time, we investigated the copolymer of benzoquinone (BQ) and pyrrole (Py), namely, poly(benzoquinone-pyrrole) (PBQPy), as an OCM for Li batteries. The low-cost raw materials and solvent-free synthesis provide PBQPy much brighter prospects in large-scale production compared to other carbonyl-based polymer cathode materials. Nevertheless, PBQPy showed one of the best electrochemical performances among all OCMs, including excellent energy density (2.32 V × 255 mAh g-1 = 592 Wh kg-1), rate capability (79%@2000 mA g-1), and cycling stability (81%@1000th cycle). By introducing poly(benzoquinone-methyl pyrrole) for comparison, as well as employing density functional theory calculations and various characterizations for in-depth understanding, the synthesis mechanism, polymer structure, electrochemical behavior, and redox mechanism were clearly clarified. It is believed that this work will encourage more efforts to develop cost-effective OCMs toward practical organic batteries.
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- Jun Chu
- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Luponosov YN, Solodukhin AN, Chuyko IA, Peregudova SM, Ponomarenko SA. Highly electrochemically and thermally stable donor–π–acceptor triphenylamine-based hole-transporting homopolymers via oxidative polymerization. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01758j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polymers combining high electrochemical and thermal stability, good solubility, high Tg and high coke residue with low-lying HOMO levels and reasonable hole mobilities in thin films are reported in this study.
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- Yuriy N. Luponosov
- Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russia
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- Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russia
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- Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russia
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- Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russia
- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova St. 28, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Enikolopov Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya st. 70, Moscow 117393, Russia
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