Facile Synthesis of Vanadium Metal-Organic Frameworks for High-Performance Supercapacitors

Compared to traditional metal oxides, metal-organic frameworks exhibit excellent properties, such as a high surface area, significant thermal stability, low density, and excellent electrochemical performance. Here, a simple process is proposed for the fabrication of rod-like vanadium metal-organic frameworks (V-IV(O)(bdc), bdc = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, or MIL-47), and the effect of the structure on the electrochemical performance is investigated via a series of electrochemical measurements. The V-IV(O)(bdc) electrode exhibits a maximum specific capacitance of 572.1 F g(-1) at current densities of 0.5 A g(-1). More significantly, aqueous and solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors are successfully assembled. The solid-state device shows an excellent energy density of 6.72 mWh cm(-3) at a power density of 70.35 mW cm(-3). This superior performance confirms that V-IV(O)(bdc) electrodes are promising materials for applications in supercapacitors.