Great news! Our paper on a new molecular design concept for organic battery electrodes based on π‐conjugated macrocycles has been accepted.
We report highly stable organic battery electrode materials using the conjugated macrocycle [2.2.2.2]paracyclophane‐1,9,17,25‐tetraene (PCT). The compound can stabilize both the neutral and reduced state by aromaticity, enabling batteries with extraordinarily stable cycling performance and outstanding performance under fast‐charge/discharge conditions.
Congratulations to first authors Simon Eder and Dong-Joo Yoo!
We would like to thank all collaborators, in particular Prof. Jang Wook Choi at Seoul National University.
Read the open access paper here.
S. Eder, D.-J. Yoo, W. Nogala, M. Pletzer, A. Santana Bonilla, A. J. P. White, K. E. Jelfs, M. Heeney, J. W. Choi,* F. Glöcklhofer,* Switching between Local and Global Aromaticity in a Conjugated Macrocycle for High-Performance Organic Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2020, early view, DOI:10.1002/anie.202003386