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Perner V, Diddens D, Otteny F, Küpers V, Bieker P, Esser B, Winter M, Kolek M. Insights into the Solubility of Poly(vinylphenothiazine) in Carbonate-Based Battery Electrolytes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021; 13:12442-12453. [PMID: 33648341 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Organic materials are promising candidates for next-generation battery systems. However, many organic battery materials suffer from high solubility in common battery electrolytes. Such solubility can be overcome by introducing tailored high-molecular-weight polymer structures, for example, by cross-linking, requiring enhanced synthetic efforts. We herein propose a different strategy by optimizing the battery electrolyte to obtain insolubility of non-cross-linked poly(3-vinyl-N-methylphenothiazine) (PVMPT). Successive investigation and theoretical insights into carbonate-based electrolytes and their interplay with PVMPT led to a strong decrease in the solubility of the redox polymer in ethylene carbonate/ethyl methyl carbonate (3:7) with 1 M LiPF6. This allowed accessing its full theoretical specific capacity by changing the charge/discharge mechanism compared to previous reports. Through electrochemical, spectroscopic, and theoretical investigations, we show that changing the constituents of the electrolyte significantly influences the interactions between the electrolyte molecules and the redox polymer PVMPT. Our study demonstrates that choosing the ideal electrolyte composition without chemical modification of the active material is a successful strategy to enhance the performance of organic polymer-based batteries.
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- Verena Perner
- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS), IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS), IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS), IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Desmaizieres G, Speer ME, Thiede I, Gaiser P, Perner V, Kolek M, Bieker P, Winter M, Esser B. Dibenzo[a,e]Cyclooctatetraene-Functionalized Polymers as Potential Battery Electrode Materials. Macromol Rapid Commun 2021; 42:e2000725. [PMID: 33660343 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Organic redox polymers are attractive electrode materials for more sustainable rechargeable batteries. To obtain full-organic cells with high operating voltages, redox polymers with low potentials (<2 V versus Li|Li+ ) are required for the negative electrode. Dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctatetraene (DBCOT) is a promising redox-active group in this respect, since it can be reversibly reduced in a two-electron process at potentials below 1 V versus Li|Li+ . Upon reduction, its conformation changes from tub-shaped to planar, rendering DBCOT-based polymers also of interest to molecular actuators. Here, the syntheses of three aliphatic DBCOT-polymers and their electrochemical properties are presented. For this, a viable three-step synthetic route to 2-bromo-functionalized DBCOT as polymer precursor is developed. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements in solution and of thin films of the DBCOT-polymers demonstrate their potential as battery electrode materials. Half-cell measurements in batteries show pseudo capacitive behavior with Faradaic contributions, which demonstrate that electrode composition and fabrication will play an important role in the future to release the full redox activity of the DBCOT polymers.
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- Gauthier Desmaizieres
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany.,Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Str. 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, Bonn, 53121, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany.,Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS), IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- MEET Battery Research Center, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany.,Helmholtz Institute Münster (HI MS), IEK-12, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstraße 46, Münster, 48149, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany.,Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Str. 21, Freiburg, 79104, Germany.,Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, Freiburg, 79110, Germany
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Perner V, Rath T, Pirolt F, Glatter O, Wewerka K, Letofsky-Papst I, Zach P, Hobisch M, Kunert B, Trimmel G. Hot injection synthesis of CuInS2 nanocrystals using metal xanthates and their application in hybrid solar cells. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04823a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Copper indium sulfide nanocrystals with sizes of 3–4 nm were synthesized from metal xanthates in a hot injection reaction. After ligand exchange, their performance as acceptors in polymer/nanocrystal hybrid solar cells was evaluated.
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- Verena Perner
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis and Center for Electron Microscopy, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis and Center for Electron Microscopy, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute of Paper, Pulp and Fibre Technology, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials (ICTM), NAWI Graz, Graz University of Technology
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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