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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue 22, Pages 16986-16995Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02062
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- SERB-DST [CRG/2020/001769]
- CSIR, New Delhi, India [01(2935)/18/ERII]
- BRNS [58/14/17/2020-BRNS]
- IIT Indore
- Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, India
- United States-India Educational Foundation, New Delhi, India [2558/FNPDR/2020]
- DST-Inspire, New Delhi, India
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A Cu-MOF was synthesized using a mixed-ligand strategy, then nanostructured CuO was obtained as a precursor. Comparative electrochemical study using glassy carbon electrodes showed that CuO exhibited superior charge storage performance and rate capability compared to Cu-MOF. This provides a pathway for the strategic design of high-performing supercapacitor electrode materials.
Recently, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely employed as a sacrificial template for the construction of nanostructured materials for a range of applications including energy storage. Herein, we report a facile mixed-ligand strategy for the synthesis of a Cu-MOF, [Cu-3(Azopy)(3)(BTTC)(3)(H2O)(3)center dot 2H(2)O](n) (where BTTC = 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid and Azopy = 4,4'-azopyridine), via a slow-diffusion method at room temperature. X-ray analysis authenticates the two-dimensional (2D)-layered framework of Cu-MOF. Topologically, this 2D-layered structure is assigned as a 4-connected unimodal net with sql topology. Further, nanostructured CuO is obtained via a simple precipitation method by employing Cu-MOF as a precursor. After analysis of their physicochemical properties through various techniques, both materials are used as surface modifiers of glassy carbon electrodes for a comparative electrochemical study. The results reveal a superior charge storage performance of CuO (244.2 F g(-1) at a current density of 0.8 A g(-1)) with a high rate capability compared to Cu-MOF. This observation paves the pathway for the strategic design of high-performing supercapacitor electrode materials.
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