Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)@conducting polymeric nanoarchitectures for electrochemical energy storage applications

ABSTRACT

Recently emerging nanotechnological advancements has facilitated the embedment of metal-organic framework (MOFs) also referred as porous co-ordination polymers (PCPs), within conducting polymeric (CP) matrices (polyaniline, polypyrrole, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and so on), resulting in the fabrication of multifunctional MOF@CP nanoarchitectures for multifarious applications especially for electrochemical energy storage due to garnered enhanced features (low density, manipulatable porous architectures, elevated specific surface areas, aligned crystalline architectur)e, as well as controllable constitution at the molecular level. Therefore, this paper presents recently emerging trends in MOF@CP nanoarchitectures for applications in supercapacitors, lithium-sulfur batteries, metal-ion batteries, lithium-oxygen batteries, zinc-air batteries, batteries cover and other segments.

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KEYWORDS:

• Batteries covers
• lithium-oxygen batteries
• lithium-sulfur batteries, metal-ion batteries
• MOF@CP nanoarchitectures
• supercapacitors
• zinc-air batteries

Acknowledgments

Engr. Dr Christopher Igwe Idumah, of the Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria and Associate Prof. James Ekuma Ogbu are acknowledged for sponsoring this work.

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James Ekuma Ogbu

James Ekuma Ogbu is an Associate Professor and Reader with the Department of Technology and Vocational, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria.

Christopher Igwe Idumah

Christopher Igwe Idumah was trained by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, The Manchester University, England, United Kingdom (M.Eng. Technical Textiles), Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (SITP1) and FUTO Nigeria (B.Eng. Polymer Engineering). He has been ranked amongst World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA (2020–2024) and 88^th out of Top 500 Scopus Scholars (2024) Nigeria, by Elsevier, amongst numerous awards, rankings and accolades. He is presently a Lecturer with Department of Polymer Engineering, UNIZIK, Nigeria.