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Title: Robust and conductive two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks with exceptionally high volumetric and areal capacitance

Journal Article · · Nature Energy
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  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Department of Chemical Engineering
  2. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source
  4. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis
  5. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Department of Materials Science and Engineering

For miniaturized capacitive energy storage, volumetric and areal capacitances are more important metrics than gravimetric ones because of the constraints imposed by device volume and chip area. Typically used in commercial supercapacitors, porous carbons, although they provide a stable and reliable performance, lack volumetric performance because of their inherently low density and moderate capacitances. Here we report a high-performing electrode based on conductive hexaaminobenzene (HAB)-derived two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). In addition to possessing a high packing density and hierarchical porous structure, these MOFs also exhibit excellent chemical stability in both acidic and basic aqueous solutions, which is in sharp contrast to conventional MOFs. Submillimetre-thick pellets of HAB MOFs showed high volumetric capacitances up to 760 F cm(-3) and high areal capacitances over 20 F cm(-2). Furthermore, the HAB MOF electrodes exhibited highly reversible redox behaviours and good cycling stability with a capacitance retention of 90% after 12,000 cycles. These promising results demonstrate the potential of using redox-active conductive MOFs in energy-storage applications.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Swedish Research Council (SRC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1426494
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1461332
Journal Information:
Nature Energy, Vol. 3, Issue 1; ISSN 2058-7546
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 643 works
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