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New Organic Electrode Materials for Ultrafast Electrochemical Energy Storage
Author(s) -
ZhaoKarger Zhirong,
Gao Ping,
Ebert Thomas,
Klyatskaya Svetlana,
Chen Zhi,
Ruben Mario,
Fichtner Maximilian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201806599
Subject(s) - materials science , electrochemistry , anode , electrode , cathode , nanotechnology , energy storage , porphyrin , organic chemistry , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Organic materials are both environmentally and economically attractive as potential electrode candidates. This Research News reports on a new class of stable and electrically conductive organic electrodes based on metal porphyrins with functional groups that are capable of electrochemical polymerization, rendering the materials promising for electrochemical applications. Their structural flexibility and the unique highly conjugated macrocyclic structure allows the produced organic electrodes to act as both cathode and anode materials giving access to fast charging as well as high cycling stability. The extreme thermal and chemical stability of the porphyrin‐based organic electrodes and their chemical versatility suggest an important role for these molecular systems in the further development of novel electrochemical energy storage applications.