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Preparations of PTCDI derivatives with high capacity and long life and their applications for aqueous ammonium-ion batteries

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Aqueous ammonium-ion batteries exhibit great potential for massive energy storage, and it is a significant task to explore cathode materials with exceptional cycling stability. 3,4,9,10-Perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI) has garnered particular attention in aqueous ammonium-ion energy storage. A polymer comprising urea and perylene diimide was synthesized using 3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) and urea as raw materials, resulting in an impressive capacity of 80 mAhg−1. Furthermore, a positive electrode material named Fe [Fe (CN)6] (BG) was synthesized and employed. When the urea–perylene diimide polymer (UP) and BG were integrated, the resulting full battery achieved a remarkable capacity ratio of 90 mAhg−1 and demonstrated exceptional stability with a 99% capacity retention rate after 2000 cycles while also exhibiting superior rate performance. This research provides a novel direction and impetus for the progress of aqueous ammonium-ion battery technology using polymer-based polyimide materials.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52171200, 51972108) and Changsha Special Project (kh2301006), the excellent youth funding of Hunan Provincial Education Department (22B0588), and the key research and development project of Hunan Province (2022GK2049).

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52171200, 51972108) and Changsha Special Project (kh2301006), the excellent youth funding of Hunan Provincial Education Department (22B0588), the key research and development project of Hunan Province (2022GK2049), and the characteristic application discipline of material science engineering in Hunan Province (Grants No. [2022] 351).

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  1. School of Materials and Advanced Manufacturing, Liling Ceramic Institute, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, Hunan, 412007, People’s Republic of China

    Jing Ding, Han Chen, Xiaoyu Wen & Kaixiong Xiang

  2. School of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University, Changsha, 410022, People’s Republic of China

    Han Chen

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Institute of Technology, Hengyang, Hunan, 421002, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaoming Lou & Kaixiong Xiang

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Jing Ding: writing – original draft preparation.

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Ding, J., Chen, H., Lou, X. et al. Preparations of PTCDI derivatives with high capacity and long life and their applications for aqueous ammonium-ion batteries. Ionics 29, 5275–5283 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05231-4

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