Facile and secure synthesis of porous partially fluorinated graphene employing weakly coordinating anion for enhanced high-performance symmetric supercapacitor

In this paper,porous partially fluorinated graphene(PFG)for supercapacitors(SCs)was fabricated by a mild and secure one-pot hydrothermal method utilizing weakly coordinating anion BF_(4)^(-) as the fluorine source.The hydrolysis rate of sodium fluoroborate was adjusted by controlling the reaction temperature and PFG containing semi-ionic C-F bonds was obtained,where the content of semi-ionic C-F bonds in PFG can be easily regulated.The final experimental results show that the incorporation of fluorine not only modulates the electrochemical properties of the material,but also creates abundant pores.When assembled in a symmetric supercapacitor,the PFG shows a high specific capacitance of 269.7 F g^(-1) at 1 A g^(-1) and a superior rate capability with 89.3%capacitance retained,as the current density is increased from 1 A g^(-1)even to 20 A g^(-1).Furthermore,the resultant energy density for PFG is 9.4 Wh kg^(-1) at a power density of 250.0 W kg^(-1)(1 A g^(-1)).All these results confirm that as-prepared partially fluorinated graphene is appropriate for the application in SCs and mass production.

Isolable Radical Ions of Main-Group Elements： Structures, Bonding and Properties

Synthesis of stable main-group element-based radicals represents one of the most interesting topics in contemporary organometallic chem- istry, because of their vital roles in organic, inorganic and biological chemistry as well as materials science. However, the access of stable main-group element-based radicals is highly challenging owing to the lack of energetically accessible orbitals in the main-group elements. During the last decades, several synthetic strategies have been developed in obtaining these reactive species. Among them, utilizing the stericaliy demanding substituents and x-conjugated ligands has proven to be an effective approach. Weakly coordinating ions （WCAs） have also been found to be exceptionally practical in synthesizing radical cations of main-group elements. By introducing these stabilization methods, we have successfully prepared a variety of radical ions of p-block elements in the crystalline forms, and investigated their properties by different experimental and quantum chemical calculation methods. According to the investigations, magnetic stability was observed, resulting from the intramolecular electron-exchange interaction. Furthermore, we also found that the singlet-triptet energy gaps of the bis（triarylamine） diradical dications can be tunable by varying the temperature. These investigations open new avenues of the main-group element-based radicals for a large variety of applications.