Chemical Design for Both Molecular and Morphology Optimization toward High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Batteries Cathode Material Based on Covalent Organic Framework

Abstract

AbstractIn most cases, to obtain high‐performance electrode materials for lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), it is necessary to optimize both their molecular structure and morphology. Normally, the molecular structure of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can be well engineered by chemical design, while their morphology is mainly optimized by post‐processing. Herein, by introducing a flexible building unit containing sp3 N redox‐active centers, a bipolar‐type TP‐TA COF assembled by uniform 2D hexagonal nanosheets is synthesized in a one‐step reaction without any post‐processing, achieving the highly challenging simultaneous optimization of both molecular structure and morphology required for high‐performance electrode materials. Thus, when used as cathode material for LIBs, its combined optimized chemical structure and favorable morphology of TP‐TA COF synergistically render a high capacity (207 mA h g−1 at 200 mA g−1), excellent rate performance (129 mA h g−1 at 5.0 A g−1), and cycling stability (93% capacity retention after 1500 cycles at 5.0 A g−1).