One-Pot Synthesis of Co-Based Coordination Polymer Nanowire for Li-Ion Batteries with Great Capacity and Stable Cycling Stability

Nanowire coordination polymer cobalt–terephthalonitrile(Co-BDCN) was successfully synthesized using a simple solvothermal method and applied as anode material for lithium-ion batteries(LIBs). A reversible capacity of 1132 mAh g^(-1) was retained after 100 cycles at a rate of 100 mAg^(-1), which should be one of the best LIBs performances among metal organic frameworks and coordination polymers-based anode materials at such a rate. On the basis of the comprehensive structural and morphology characterizations including fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,~1 H NMR,^(13)C NMR, and scanning electron microscopy, we demonstrated that the great electrochemical performance of the as-synthesized Co-BDCN coordination polymer can be attributed to the synergistic effect of metal centers and organic ligands, as well as the stability of the nanowire morphology during cycling.