Citation: Chengmin Hu, Pingxuan Liu, Ziyang Song, Yaokang Lv, Hui Duan, Li Xie, Ling Miao, Mingxian Liu, Lihua Gan. Tailor-made overstable 3D carbon superstructures towards efficient zinc-ion storage[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(4): 110381. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110381 shu

Tailor-made overstable 3D carbon superstructures towards efficient zinc-ion storage

Chengmin Hu ^a ,
Pingxuan Liu ^a ,
Ziyang Song ^a ,
Yaokang Lv ^b ,
Hui Duan ^a ,
Li Xie ^{c, d} ,
Ling Miao ^{a, *,} ,
Mingxian Liu ^{a, *,} ,
Lihua Gan ^{a, *,}

a.
Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
b.
College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
c.
Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
d.
Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China

22169@tongji.edu.cn

liumx@tongji.edu.cn

ganlh@tongji.edu.cn

Received Date: 27 June 2024
Revised Date: 23 July 2024
Accepted Date: 28 August 2024
Available Online: 30 August 2024

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Designing carbon materials with ideal stable hierarchical porous structures and flexible functional properties for efficient and sustainable Zn²⁺ ion storage still faces great challenges. Herein, the three-dimensional carbon superstructures with spherical nanoflower-like structures were tailor-made by the self-assembly strategy. Specifically, organic polymer units (i.e., organic motifs) were formed by tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone (TBQ) and 2, 6-diamino anthraquinone (DAQ) via a noble-metal-free catalyzed coupling reaction. Subsequently, the organic motifs assemble into spherical nanoflower-like superstructures induced by intermolecular hydrogen bonding and aromatic π-π stacking interactions. Well-designed carbon superstructures can provide a stable backbone that effectively blocks structural stacking and collapse. Meanwhile, the hierarchical porous structures in 3D carbon superstructures provide continuous charge transport pathways to greatly shorten the ion diffusion distance, and as a result, the carbon superstructures-based zinc-ion hybrid capacitors (ZIHCs) provide a capacity of 245 mAh/g at 0.5 A/g, a high energy density of 152 Wh/kg and an ultra-long life of 300, 000 cycles at 20 A/g. The excellent electrochemical performance is also attributed to the corresponding charge storage mechanism, i.e., the alternate binding of Zn²⁺/CF₃SO₃⁻ ions. Besides, the high-level N/O motifs improve the surface properties of the carbon superstructures and reduce the ion migration barriers for more efficient charge storage. This paper provides insights into the design of advanced carbon-based cathodes and presents a fundamental understanding of their charge storage mechanisms.
- Tailor-made,
- Overstable,
- Carbon superstructures,
- High serformance,
- Zinc-ion storage
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