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High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes Prepared From Dispersions of Tetrabenzonaphthalene-Based Conjugated Microporous Polymers and Carbon Nanotubes

Research Authors
Maha Mohamed Samy, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Ahmed. F. M. EL-Mahdy, Tharwat Hassan Mansoure, Kevin C.-W. Wu, Shiao-Wei Kuo
Research Abstract

In this study, we prepared a series of conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs) through Sonogashira-Hagihara cross-couplings of a tetrabenzonaphthalene (TBN) monomer with pyrene (Py), tetraphenylethylene (TPE), and carbazole (Car) units and examined their chemical structures, thermal stabilities, morphologies, crystallinities, and porosities. TBN-TPE-CMP possessed a high surface area (1150 m2 g-1) and thermal stability Td10 = 505 °C; char yield = 68 wt %) superior to those of TBN-Py-CMP and TBN-Car-CMP. To improve the conductivity of the TBN-CMP materials, we blended them with highly conductive single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). Electrochemical measurements revealed that the TBN-Py-CMP/SWCNT nanocomposite had high capacitance (430 F g-1) at a current density of 0.5 A g-1 and outstanding capacitance retention (99.18%) over 2000 cycles; these characteristics were superior to those of the TBN-TPE-CMP/SWCNT and TBN-Car-CMP/SWCNT nanocomposites.

Research Date
Research Department
Research Journal
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Research Publisher
American Chemical Society
Research Rank
Q1
Research Vol
13
Research Website
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.1c05720
Research Year
2021
Research Pages
51906−51916