Aromatic diimide dyes are an attractive class of redox-active organic molecules for lithium-ion batteries,whose battery performances(stabilities,conductivities and cyclicities) are strongly dependent on the sizes of t...Aromatic diimide dyes are an attractive class of redox-active organic molecules for lithium-ion batteries,whose battery performances(stabilities,conductivities and cyclicities) are strongly dependent on the sizes of their π-systems.However,due to the different Clar’s structures possessed,three vertically7 r-extended aromatic diimides,namely,naphthalene diimide(two one-electron reductions),perylene diimide and terrylene diimide(two one-electron reductions),exhibit different electronic redox mechanisms when served as cathode materials in organic lithium-ion batteries.Herein,we have studied carefully the different electrochemical characteristics of the three aromatic diimides through experimental and theoretical calculations.Their battery present different shape of charge/discharge curves resulting from stability of their reduction state during charge/discharge process.Terrylene diimide shows better cycle and rate capacities than those of naphthalene diimide and perylene diimide,which could be attributed to the more energies released during terrylene diimide combining with lithium ions than those of other two diimides.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21572032)Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University+2 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (Nos.2018J01431 and 2018J01690)the Foundation of Science and Technology on Sanming Institute of Fluorochemical Industry (No.FCIT201706GR)Excellent Youth Exchange Program of China Association for Science and Technology in 2017
文摘Aromatic diimide dyes are an attractive class of redox-active organic molecules for lithium-ion batteries,whose battery performances(stabilities,conductivities and cyclicities) are strongly dependent on the sizes of their π-systems.However,due to the different Clar’s structures possessed,three vertically7 r-extended aromatic diimides,namely,naphthalene diimide(two one-electron reductions),perylene diimide and terrylene diimide(two one-electron reductions),exhibit different electronic redox mechanisms when served as cathode materials in organic lithium-ion batteries.Herein,we have studied carefully the different electrochemical characteristics of the three aromatic diimides through experimental and theoretical calculations.Their battery present different shape of charge/discharge curves resulting from stability of their reduction state during charge/discharge process.Terrylene diimide shows better cycle and rate capacities than those of naphthalene diimide and perylene diimide,which could be attributed to the more energies released during terrylene diimide combining with lithium ions than those of other two diimides.
