Facile wet-chemical fabrication of bi-functional coordination polymer nanosheets for high-performance energy storage and anti-corrosion engineering

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2022.11.011

Abstract

Abstract: Organic materials are of great interest in various applications owing to their intrinsic designability, molecular controllability, ease of synthesis, and ecological sustainability. In this work, a facile and mild wet-chemical strategy was carried out to construct a conjugated Ni-BTA coordination polymer via the π-d hybridization with 1,2,4,5-benzenetetramine (BTA) as π-conjugated ligands and Ni²⁺ as metallic centers, which exhibits a unique two-dimensional nanosheet-like structure with available active sites, sufficient electrochemical activity, and multi-electron redox capability. On the one hand, the as-prepared Ni-BTA coordination polymer as electrode material exhibits a rapid, reversible, and efficient energy storage behavior with a large reversible capacity of 198 mA·h·g^-1 at 1 A·g^-1 and a high-rate capability of 150 mA·h·g^-1 at 20 A·g^-1 in alkali-ion aqueous electrolyte, which are further demonstrated by the in-situ Raman investigation. On the other hand, the Ni-BTA coordination polymer as anti-corrosion additive was introduced into the epoxy resin to achieve a Ni-BTA epoxy coating, which shows a long-term anti-corrosion performance with a low corrosion rate of 4.62×10^-6 mm·a^-1 and a high corrosion inhibition efficiency of 99.86%, suggesting its great engineering potential as the bi-functional organic material for high-performance energy storage and corrosion protection.

Key words: Organic compounds, Nanostructure, Dual functionality, Energy storage, Corrosion protection

摘要： Organic materials are of great interest in various applications owing to their intrinsic designability, molecular controllability, ease of synthesis, and ecological sustainability. In this work, a facile and mild wet-chemical strategy was carried out to construct a conjugated Ni-BTA coordination polymer via the π-d hybridization with 1,2,4,5-benzenetetramine (BTA) as π-conjugated ligands and Ni²⁺ as metallic centers, which exhibits a unique two-dimensional nanosheet-like structure with available active sites, sufficient electrochemical activity, and multi-electron redox capability. On the one hand, the as-prepared Ni-BTA coordination polymer as electrode material exhibits a rapid, reversible, and efficient energy storage behavior with a large reversible capacity of 198 mA·h·g^-1 at 1 A·g^-1 and a high-rate capability of 150 mA·h·g^-1 at 20 A·g^-1 in alkali-ion aqueous electrolyte, which are further demonstrated by the in-situ Raman investigation. On the other hand, the Ni-BTA coordination polymer as anti-corrosion additive was introduced into the epoxy resin to achieve a Ni-BTA epoxy coating, which shows a long-term anti-corrosion performance with a low corrosion rate of 4.62×10^-6 mm·a^-1 and a high corrosion inhibition efficiency of 99.86%, suggesting its great engineering potential as the bi-functional organic material for high-performance energy storage and corrosion protection.

关键词: Organic compounds, Nanostructure, Dual functionality, Energy storage, Corrosion protection

Minjie Shi, Nianting Chen, Yue Zhao, Cheng Yang, Chao Yan. Facile wet-chemical fabrication of bi-functional coordination polymer nanosheets for high-performance energy storage and anti-corrosion engineering[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, 59(7): 118-127.

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