Preparation of Ni-MOFs supercapacitor electrode materials based on benzene carboxylic acid derivative ligands and their structure-activity relationship
摘要
To improve the electrochemical characteristics of MOFs used as supercapacitor electrode materials, three Ni-MOFs materials, Ni-MOFs-P, Ni-MOFs-L, Ni-MOFs-E, were synthesized by one-step hydrothermal method using terephthalic acid (PTA), biphenyl dicarboxylic acid (BPDC) and stilbene dicarboxylic acid (SDC) as ligands, respectively, and the structure-activity relationship was discussed combining the electrochemical properties of Ni-MOFs based on benzene carboxylic acid derivative ligands. It is found that the morphology, specific surface areas, and electrochemical properties of Ni-MOFs were adjusted by changing the structures of the benzene carboxylic acid derivative ligands. The greatest specific capacitance of 2300.60 F/g for the Ni-MOFs-P electrode was attributed to smaller steric hindrance and better crystallinity of PTA, which makes Ni-MOFs-P exhibited outstanding multiplicative characteristics at 1 A/g current density. The Ni-MOFs-P//AC asymmetric supercapacitor device achieving a maximum energy density of 58.49 Wh/kg within a voltage window of 1.6 V. In addition, after 5,000 charge/discharge cycles, it maintains 71.9% capacitance retention compared to its initial capacitance. This study confirms that the structure of organic ligands substantially influences the evaluation of high-performance supercapacitors MOFs-based electrode materials.