<p>Triazine (Tz)-based conjugated polymers with redox activity have drawn considerable attention as electrode materials for sustainable rechargeable batteries due to the features such as structural stability and electron-withdrawing nature of the Tz unit. However, it is rather challenging to synthesize highly redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymer electrodes under both ecological and cost-effective conditions. In this study, an ionothermal Friedel-Crafts reaction is developed for the efficient production of redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymers by using an AlCl<sub>3</sub>-NaCl-KCl eutectic salt as a solvent-catalyst system and polycyclic aromatic compounds with cyanuric chloride as the starting monomers. As proof-of-concept, a series of Tz-based conjugated polymers were synthesized with high yields in the range of 74.8%–94.6%. The resulting Tz-based polymers exhibit excellent electrochemical performance when serving as the cathode materials in rechargeable Al batteries, Na batteries, and aqueous Zn batteries, including high capacities (141.8, 163.5, and 161.4 mAh g<sup>−1</sup>, respectively), high operating voltage, as well as fast rate capability. Moreover, the ionothermal-synthesized Tz-based polymers also present much higher redox activity than their counterparts produced under traditional Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions. These results in this work offer a promising pathway to construct highly redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymer electrode materials for sustainable rechargeable batteries.</p>

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Ionothermal synthesis of redox-active triazine-based conjugated polymers in an AlCl3-NaCl-KCl eutectic salt for sustainable rechargeable batteries

  • Xingtao Huang,
  • Wenyan Ma,
  • Fangfang Xing,
  • Yibo Wei,
  • Lujun Zhang,
  • Ben Yang,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Jia-Xing Jiang,
  • Chong Zhang

摘要

Triazine (Tz)-based conjugated polymers with redox activity have drawn considerable attention as electrode materials for sustainable rechargeable batteries due to the features such as structural stability and electron-withdrawing nature of the Tz unit. However, it is rather challenging to synthesize highly redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymer electrodes under both ecological and cost-effective conditions. In this study, an ionothermal Friedel-Crafts reaction is developed for the efficient production of redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymers by using an AlCl3-NaCl-KCl eutectic salt as a solvent-catalyst system and polycyclic aromatic compounds with cyanuric chloride as the starting monomers. As proof-of-concept, a series of Tz-based conjugated polymers were synthesized with high yields in the range of 74.8%–94.6%. The resulting Tz-based polymers exhibit excellent electrochemical performance when serving as the cathode materials in rechargeable Al batteries, Na batteries, and aqueous Zn batteries, including high capacities (141.8, 163.5, and 161.4 mAh g−1, respectively), high operating voltage, as well as fast rate capability. Moreover, the ionothermal-synthesized Tz-based polymers also present much higher redox activity than their counterparts produced under traditional Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions. These results in this work offer a promising pathway to construct highly redox-active Tz-based conjugated polymer electrode materials for sustainable rechargeable batteries.