Synthesis of MOF-525 Derived Nanoporous Carbons with Different Particle Sizes for Supercapacitor Application

Ting-Hsiang Chang; Christine Young; Min-Han Lee; Rahul R Salunkhe; Saad M Alshehri; Tansir Ahamad; Md Tofazzal Islam; Kevin C-W Wu; Md Shahriar A Hossain; Yusuke Yamauchi; Kuo-Chuan Ho

doi:10.1002/asia.201701082

Synthesis of MOF-525 Derived Nanoporous Carbons with Different Particle Sizes for Supercapacitor Application

Chem Asian J. 2017 Nov 2;12(21):2857-2862. doi: 10.1002/asia.201701082. Epub 2017 Oct 4.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.
² International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan.
³ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Biotechnology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, 1706, Bangladesh.
⁵ Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong (UOW), Squires Way, North, Wollongong, 2500, Australia.
⁶ Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan.

PMID: 28977735
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201701082

Abstract

Nanoporous carbon (NC) materials have attracted great research interest for supercapacitor applications, because of their excellent electrochemical and mechanical stability, good electrical conductivity, and high surface area. Although there are many reports on metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived carbon materials, previous synthetic studies have been hindered by imperfect control of particle sizes and shapes. Here, we show precise control of the particle sizes of MOF-525 from 100 nm to 750 nm. After conversion of MOF-525 to NC, the effects of variation of the particle size on the electrochemical performance have been carefully investigated. The results demonstrate that our NC is a potential candidate for practical supercapacitor applications.

Keywords: MOF-525; MOF-derived carbons; metal-organic frameworks; nanoporous carbons; supercapacitors.