Energy-Storage Devices
Organic electrodes have the potential to address the performance, humanitarian, and availability drawbacks of commercial inorganic materials in energy-storage devices. However, organic electrodes typically suffer from stability and energy/power-density limitations, which has precluded their practical deployment. We hypothesize that non-covalent interactions could address these challenges by providing additional electronic/ionic transport pathways that are difficult to control through purely covalent approaches. Ultimately, we are currently working to uncover structure-property relationships in organic cathodes that will allow us to rationally engineer practically useful organic electrodes. This work is funded by UF Seed Project Funding.
Key Papers on Organic Electrodes
- Supramolecular design as a route to high-performing organic electrodes, Davis et al., Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 10142-10154 (Invited)
- Electroactive Ionic Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity for High-Performance Capacitive Energy Storage, Hasan et al., Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2405924
- Cross-linking organic cathodes enhances stability at the expense of ionic accessibility, Davis et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 28874-28881 (Invited)
- Multifunctional COF design addresses Li-S organic electrode limitations, Treaster et al., Trends Chem. 2024, 6, 9 (Invited)