A Nitrogen‐Rich 2D sp²‐Carbon‐Linked Conjugated Polymer Framework as a High‐Performance Cathode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Abstract

A two-dimensional (2D) sp² -carbon-linked conjugated polymer framework (2D CCP-HATN) has a nitrogen-doped skeleton, a periodical dual-pore structure and high chemical stability. The polymer backbone consists of hexaazatrinaphthalene (HATN) and cyanovinylene units linked entirely by carbon-carbon double bonds. Profiting from the shape-persistent framework of 2D CCP-HATN integrated with the electrochemical redox-active HATN and the robust sp² carbon-carbon linkage, 2D CCP-HATN hybridized with carbon nanotubes shows a high capacity of 116 mA h g^-1 , with high utilization of its redox-active sites and superb cycling stability (91 % after 1000 cycles) and rate capability (82 %, 1.0 A g^-1 vs. 0.1 A g^-1 ) as an organic cathode material for lithium-ion batteries.