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Vol. 16 (2024)

Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Improved Durability and Kinetics for Zinc-Organic Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01263-7
Tianjiang Sun
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
Jun Pan
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
Weijia Zhang
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
Xiaodi Jiang
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
Min Cheng
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
Zhengtai Zha
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China
Hong Jin Fan
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
Zhanliang Tao
Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300071, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhanliang Tao

taozhl@nankai.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 46

Abstract

Organic compounds have the advantages of green sustainability and high designability, but their high solubility leads to poor durability of zinc-organic batteries. Herein, a high-performance quinone-based polymer (H-PNADBQ) material is designed by introducing an intramolecular hydrogen bonding (HB) strategy. The intramolecular HB (C=O⋯N–H) is formed in the reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone and 1,5-naphthalene diamine, which efficiently reduces the H-PNADBQ solubility and enhances its charge transfer in theory. In situ ultraviolet–visible analysis further reveals the insolubility of H-PNADBQ during the electrochemical cycles, enabling high durability at different current densities. Specifically, the H-PNADBQ electrode with high loading (10 mg cm−2) performs a long cycling life at 125 mA g−1 (> 290 cycles). The H-PNADBQ also shows high rate capability (137.1 mAh g−1 at 25 A g−1) due to significantly improved kinetics inducted by intramolecular HB. This work provides an efficient approach toward insoluble organic electrode materials.


Highlights:
1 Intramolecular hydrogen bond regulation is proposed to improve the quinone-based polymer (H-PNADBQ) solubility, conductivity, and kinetics.
2 Intramolecular hydrogen bonds reduce molecular polarization and increase π conjugation level, thereby suppressing the dissolution of the H-PNADBQ and accelerating reaction kinetics of H+/Zn2+ uptake/removal.
3 The H-PNADBQ electrodes exhibit excellent durability with high loading of 5 mg cm−2 and 10 mg cm−2, as well as high rate capability (137.1 mAh g−1 at 25 A g−1).

Keywords

Zn-organic batteries H-PNADBQ polymer Intramolecular hydrogen bond Reduced solubility Improved π-conjugated level
Sun, Tianjiang, Jun Pan, Weijia Zhang, Xiaodi Jiang, Min Cheng, Zhengtai Zha, Hong Jin Fan, and Zhanliang Tao. 2023. “Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Improved Durability and Kinetics for Zinc-Organic Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (December):46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01263-7.
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