Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Conductive 2D metal-organic framework for high-performance cathodes in aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries

  • Kwan Woo Nam,
  • Sarah S. Park,
  • Roberto dos Reis,
  • Vinayak P. Dravid,
  • Heejin Kim,
  • Chad A. Mirkin,
  • J. Fraser Stoddart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12857-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Aqueous zinc batteries are promising candidates for large scale energy storage systems but development of the cathode material remains a challenge. Here, the authors show a conductive 2D metal-organic framework involving intercalation pseudocapacitance mechanism for enhanced rate capability.