Organic electrodes have the potential to address the performance, humanitarian, and availability drawbacks of commercial inorganic materials in energy-storage devices. However, organic electrodes typically suffer from stability and energy/power-density limitations, which has precluded their practical deployment. We hypothesize that non-covalent interactions could address these challenges by providing additional electronic/ionic transport pathways that are difficult to control through purely covalent approaches. Ultimately, we are currently working to uncover structure-property relationships in organic cathodes that will allow us to rationally engineer practically useful organic electrodes. This work is funded by UF Seed Project Funding. 

Key Papers on Organic Electrodes

Supramolecular design as a route to high-performing organic electrodes, Davis et al., Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 10142-10154 (Invited)

Electroactive Ionic Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity for High-Performance Capacitive Energy Storage, Hasan et al., Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2405924

Cross-linking organic cathodes enhances stability at the expense of ionic accessibility, Davis et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 28874-28881 (Invited)

Multifunctional COF design addresses Li-S organic electrode limitations, Treaster et al., Trends Chem. 2024, 6, 9 (Invited)