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Electroactive Covalent Organic Frameworks: Design, Synthesis, and Applications.

Yusran Yusran¹, Qianrong Fang¹, Valentin Valtchev^2,3

¹State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China.

Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)

|July 9, 2020

Summary

Electroactive covalent organic frameworks (COFs) show promise for energy applications. This review highlights their design, performance, and future potential in areas like batteries and catalysis.

Keywords:

covalent organic frameworks (COFs)electroactive materials energy conversions energy storage

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Materials Science
Electrochemistry
Polymer Chemistry

Background:

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous polymers with tunable properties.
Incorporating electroactive groups enhances COFs for energy storage and conversion.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advances in electroactive COFs for energy applications.
To discuss their performance and future development.

Main Methods:

Literature review of electroactive COF research.
Analysis of COF design strategies.
Performance comparison with other porous materials.

Main Results:

Electroactive COFs demonstrate significant potential in capacitors, batteries, fuel cells, water-splitting, and electrocatalysis.
Their performance is competitive with existing porous materials.

Conclusions:

Electroactive COFs are a promising class of materials for diverse energy technologies.
Further research can optimize their design and application.