MOFs in Electrochemical Energy Storage
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 2441
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrochemistry; coordination chemistry; metal–organic frameworks; secondary batteries; metalic anodes; solid–state electrolytes; porous materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a type of porous crystalline material created by the molecular self-assembly of metal ions or clusters and organic ligands. Since MOFs were proposed by Prof. Omar Yaghi at UC Berkeley in the 1990s, over 100,000 different MOF structures have been recorded. MOFs usually demonstrate well-defined and aligned intramolecular pores with a high porosity. Their physical and chemical properties can be deliberately tuned owing to the wide variety of ligands and coordination modes. These appealing features make MOFs very promising for applications in gas storage and separation, molecular detection, drug delivery, and catalysis.
In recent years, MOFs have shown their unlimited potential in electrochemical energy storage, especially in secondary batteries and supercapacitors. For instance, robust MOFs with redox-active metal centers may directly serve as the electrode material for reversible charge storage; their derivates, such as porous carbon and metal compounds, also reveal high electrochemical performance in batteries or supercapacitors, and MOF hosts with suitable pore structure and chemical binding sites can effectively improve the cycling stability of sulfur cathode in Li–S batteries. Moreover, MOF-based functional coatings, separators, and composite electrolytes have been developed to improve the reversibility of metallic anodes. MOFs open up new avenues to address the key problems in batteries and supercapacitors.
This Special Issue of Polymers aims to present the recent developments in the use of MOFs in electrochemical energy storage. Topics include, but are not limited to: electrode materials, composite electrolytes, and separators based on MOFs and their derivates.
Prof. Dr. Ziqi Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal–organic frameworks
- coordination polymers
- electrode materials
- secondary batteries
- supercapacitors
- polymer electrolytes
- solid-state electrolytes
