A New Triazine-Based Covalent Organic Framework for High-Performance Capacitive Energy Storage.

The new covalent organic framework material TDFP-1 was prepared through a solvothermal Schiff base condensation reaction of the monomers 1,3,5-tris-(4-aminophenyl)triazine and 2,6-diformyl-4-methylphenol. Owing to its high specific surface area of 651 m2 g-1 , extended π conjugation, and inherent microporosity, TDFP-1 exhibited an excellent energy-storage capacity with a maximum specific capacitance of 354 F g-1 at a scan rate of 2 mV s-1 and good cyclic stability with 95 % retention of its initial specific capacitance after 1000 cycles at 10 A g-1 . The π-conjugated polymeric framework as well as ionic conductivity owing to the possibility of ion conduction inside the micropores of approximately 1.5 nm make polymeric TDFP-1 a favorable candidate as a supercapacitor electrode material. The electrochemical properties of this electrode material were measured through cyclic voltammetry, galvanic charge-discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and the results indicate its potential for application in energy-storage devices.