High Capacity and Energy Density Organic Lithium-Ion Battery Based on Buckypaper with Stable π-Radical.

Owing to an increasing demand on high performance and rare-metal free energy storage systems, organic rechargeable battery has attracted much attention. To increase the capacity of the whole battery, we have fabricated coin-type buckypaper cells composed of a trioxotriangulene neutral radical derivative (H3 TOT) and single-walled carbon nanotubes as a cathode and lithium metal plate as an anode without current collector. The cells exhibited a stable charge-discharge behavior even at a 90 wt % H3 TOT content with a high-rate performance of 10 C originating from high electrical conductivity of H3 TOT. Furthermore, based on the four-stage redox ability of H3 TOT, the H3 TOT 90 wt % cathode showed a high capacity of approximately 260 mAh g-1 and a high energy density of 546 Wh g-1 . In view of the simple fabrication of the cathode and excellent performance, TOT-based buckypaper will open a new strategy for the flexible cells for next-generation energy storages.