A New Porous Polymer for Highly Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage

Piyali Bhanja, Sabuj K. Das, Kousik Bhunia, Debabrata Pradhan, Taku Hayashi, Yuh Hijikata, Stephan Irle, Asim Bhaumik

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Abstract

The new porous polymer TPDA-1 has been synthesized via solvothermal Schiff base condensation reaction between two organic monomers, i.e., 2,4,6-trihydroxyisophthalaldehyde and 1,3,5-tris(4-aminophenyl)triazine. The TPDA-1 material showed a very high specific capacitance of 469.4 F g-1, at 2 mV s-1 scan rate, together with a high specific surface area of 545 m2 g-1. It also exhibited excellent cyclic stability with 95% retention of its initial specific capacitance after 1000 cycles at 5 A g-1, suggesting its potential as a high performance supercapacitor. Extended π-conjugation and ion conduction inside the micropores throughout the whole polymeric matrix and high BET surface area could be responsible for this high supercapacitor performance in energy storage device. TPDA-1 has been characterized thoroughly by various electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry, galvanic charge-discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Our experimental results suggested a high potential of this porous polymer in energy storage devices for future generation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)202-209
Number of pages8
JournalACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2018
Externally publishedYes

Funding

P.B. thanks CSIR, New Delhi, for a senior research fellowship. S.K.D. thanks UGC, New Delhi, for a senior research fellowship. A.B. wishes to thank DST, New Delhi, for instrumental facilities through the DST Unit on Nanoscience.

FundersFunder number
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
University Grants Committee

    Keywords

    • Electrochemical study
    • Porous organic polymer
    • Schiff base condensation
    • Supercapacitor

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