Aromatic porous-honeycomb electrodes for a sodium-organic energy storage device

Sakaushi K, Hosono E, Nickerl G, Gemming T, Zhou H, Kaskel S, Eckert J (2013)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group: Nature Communications

Book Volume: 4

Article Number: 1485

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2481

Abstract

Rechargeable batteries using organic electrodes and sodium as a charge carrier can be high-performance, affordable energy storage devices due to the abundance of both sodium and organic materials. However, only few organic materials have been found to be active in sodium battery systems. Here we report a high-performance sodium-based energy storage device using a bipolar porous organic electrode constituted of aromatic rings in a porous-honeycomb structure. Unlike typical organic electrodes in sodium battery systems, the bipolar porous organic electrode has a high specific power of 10 kW kg -1, specific energy of 500 Wh kg -1, and over 7,000 cycle life retaining 80% of its initial capacity in half-cells. The use of bipolar porous organic electrode in a sodium-organic energy storage device would significantly enhance cost-effectiveness, and reduce the dependency on limited natural resources. The present findings suggest that bipolar porous organic electrode provides a new material platform for the development of a rechargeable energy storage technology. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited.

Involved external institutions

Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e.V. (IFW) / Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden DE Germany (DE) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology / 産業技術総合研究所 (AIST) JP Japan (JP) Technische Universität Dresden DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Sakaushi, K., Hosono, E., Nickerl, G., Gemming, T., Zhou, H., Kaskel, S., & Eckert, J. (2013). Aromatic porous-honeycomb electrodes for a sodium-organic energy storage device. Nature Communications, 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2481

MLA:

Sakaushi, Ken, et al. "Aromatic porous-honeycomb electrodes for a sodium-organic energy storage device." Nature Communications 4 (2013).

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