Scientific Achievement
Researchers in the Inorganic/Organic Nanocomposites program demonstrated that linker engineering of metal–organic frameworks in polymer nanocomposites significantly enhances high-temperature electrostatic energy storage performance and material stability
Significance and Impact
Unraveled the potential of MOF derivatives as tunable nanofillers, enabling high-performance polyetherimide (PEI) composites for efficient, high-temperature energy storage applications and advanced technologies
Research Details
- PEI/MOF nanocomposite films are fabricated and shown as excellent dielectrics
- The film capacitors demonstrated superior energy storage properties under temperatures up to 200 °C
- Charge transport and dielectric breakdown behaviors are tuned by linker structures of the MOF fillers
Publication Details
Z. Xie, Z. Huang, H. Li, T. Xu, H. Zhao, Y. Wang, X. Pang, Z. Cao, V. Altoé, L.M. Klivansky, Z. Wang, S.W. Shelton, S. Lai, P. Liu, C. Zhu, M.D. Connolly, C.Y. Ralston, X. Gu, Z. Peng, J. Zhang, Y. Liu, Energy & Environmental Science (2025).
Work was performed in the Advanced Light Source and the Molecular Foundry.
