Upgrading Structural Conjugation in Three-Dimensional Ni-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Promoting Electrical Conductivity and Specific Capacitance.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage and conversion due to their high specific surface areas, abundant active sites, and excellent chemical and structural tunability. However, the direct utilization of MOFs as electrochemical materials is a challenge because of the poor electroconductivity induced by the insulating nature of most organic linkers. Herein, a conjugated three-dimensional Ni-MOF {Ni(HBTC)(BPE)} () with a 2-fold interpenetrating structure was developed via the coordination polymerization of Ni, a HBTC ligand (1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid), and a vinyl-functionalized bipyridine linker (1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene, BPE).

Efficient improvement in the electrochemical performance of petal-like lamellar NiMn-LDHs with affluent oxygen vacancies derived from Mn MOF-74.

Supercapacitors (SCs) as a kind of novel energy storage devices have emerged to meet the urgent requirement of environmentally friendly clean energy storage equipment. However, unsatisfactory energy density and low operating voltage tremendously restrict their practical application. Herein, petal-like lamellar NiMn-layered double hydroxide (NiMn-LDH) was successfully fabricated through a simple Ni(NO) etching method with Mn MOF-74 as a sacrificial template.