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Synthesis and Investigation of Dilithium Salts of Polyhydroquinones with Azomethine Groups as the Cathodes for Lithium Organic Batteries

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The prototypes of lithium batteries with organic electrode materials based on two lithium salts of polyhydroquionones containing azomethine groups and, for a comparison, materials based on the original Schiff base are developed and characterized. Poly[3,6-bis(iminomethylphenylene-1,2-diol)dilithium] and poly[3-(iminomethyl)-6-methylimino-N-(1-phenyl-4-diyl)benzene-1,2-dioldilithium] are synthesized and studied for the first time. For these structures, quantum chemical simulations are carried out for calculating the energy of the addition of lithium atoms which can proceed either to the nitrogen atom of the azomethine group or to the oxygen atom of the carbonyl group. It is shown experimentally that the best capacity and stability characteristics are demonstrated by the polymer poly[3,6-bis(iminomethylphenylene-1,2-diol)dilithium with the initial capacity of 140 mA h/g in the cycling interval of 0.7–4.1 V vs. Li+/Li, which makes it a promising cathodic material for lithium batteries.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The quantum chemical simulations were carried out with the use of computers of the Joint Supercomputer Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. We are grateful to S.Ya. Gadomskii for his help in the synthesis of (benzylidene)-p-phenylendiamine.

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This study was carried out in accordance with the State Project no. 0089-2019-0010 (Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences) and was also supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation (grant no. 16-13-00111 (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology).

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. F. Shestakov, I. K. Yakushchenko, A. A. Slesarenko, P. A. Troshin & O. V. Yarmolenko

  2. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. F. Shestakov

  3. Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, 121205, Moscow, Russia

    P. A. Troshin

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Published on the basis of materials of the XIX All-Russian Conference “Electrochemistry of Organic Compounds” (EKHOS-2018) (with international participation), Novocherkassk, 2018.

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Shestakov, A.F., Yakushchenko, I.K., Slesarenko, A.A. et al. Synthesis and Investigation of Dilithium Salts of Polyhydroquinones with Azomethine Groups as the Cathodes for Lithium Organic Batteries. Russ J Electrochem 56, 310–320 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193520040126

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