Structural modulation of anthraquinone with different functional groups and its effect on electrochemical properties for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Organic electrode materials have high capacity, and environmentally friendly advantages for the next generation lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, organic electrode materials face many challenges, such as low reduction potential as cathode materials or high reduction potential as anode materials. Here, the influence of chemical functionalities that are capable of either electron donating or electron withdrawing groups on the reduction potential and charge-discharge performance of anthraquinone (AQ) based system is studied. The cyclic voltammetry results show that the introduction of two —OH groups, two —NO₂ groups and one—CH₃ group on anthraquinone structure has a little impact on the reduction potential, which is found to be 2.1 V. But when three or four—OH groups are introduced on AQ structure, the reduction potential is increased to about 3.1 V. The charge-discharge tests show that these materials exhibit moderate cycling stability.

Keywords

lithium-ion batteries / anthraquinone / electron groups / reduction potential

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