Metal-organic frameworks for electrochemical halogen storage

Hybrid electrochemical energy storage devices, such as pseudocapacitors and metal-ion capacitors, are the emerging technologies which combine different charge storage mechanisms, i.e. Faradaic, intercalation and electrosorption, to fill the gap between batteries and supercapacitors. The proposed project is centred on the integration of redox-active metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and related nanomaterials in rechargeable batteries and pseudocapacitors, with a focus on the energy storage via halide anion transport. It aims to improve the energy density or power density of the existing rechargeable batteries and pseudocapacitors by replacing ordinary carbon electrodes with redox-active MOF-carbon nanotube composites as binder-free, highly porous, conductive and flexible halide storage electrodes.