A Highly Robust and Conducting Ultramicroporous 3D Fe(II) ‐Based Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Energy Storage

A 3D redox-active, robust, electrically conductive, ultramicroporous triazolate Fe-MOF is employed as the exclusive electrode material for excellent gravimetric (304  F g−1) and areal (181  mF cm−2) capacitance coupled with high power and energy density even in durable solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) devices with remarkable cycling stability, suppressing most of the reported MOF-based electrochemical capacitors, representing encouraging energy storage materials. AbstractExploitation of metal –organic framework (MOF) materials as active electrodes for energy storage or conversion is reasonably challenging owing to their poor robustness against various acidic/basic conditions and conventionally low electric conductivity. Keeping this in perspective, herein, a 3D ultramicroporous triazol ate Fe-MOF (abbreviated as Fe-MET) is judiciously employed using cheap and commercially available starting materials. Fe-MET possesses ultra-stability against various chemical environments (pH-1 to pH-14 with varied organic solvents) and is highly electrically conductive (σ = 0.19  S m−1) in one fell swoop. By taking advantage of the properties mentioned above, Fe-MET electrodes give prominence to electrochemical capacitor (EC) performance by delivering an astounding gravimetric (304  F g−1) and areal (181  mF cm−2) capacitance at 0.5  A g−1 current density with exceptionally high cycling stability. Implementation of Fe-MET as an exclusive (by not using a...
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