Monothioanthraquinone as an organic active material for greener lithium batteries

• Thioquinone as active material for lithium ion batteries.
• Thiocarbonyl function shifts the potential towards more positive values.
• Thioquinone cyclability is improved compared with quinone.

In order to reduce the environmental impact of human activities especially transportation and portable electronics, a more sustainable way is required to produce and store electrical energy. Actually lithium battery is one of the most promising solutions for energy storage. Unfortunately this technology is based on the use of transition metal-based active materials for electrodes which are rare, expensive, extracted by mining, can be toxic and hard to recycle. Organic materials are an interesting alternative to replace inorganic counterparts due to their high electrochemical performances and the possibility to produce them from renewable resources. A quinone derivative is synthetized and investigated as novel active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries which shows higher performances.

A quinone derivative was synthetized and investigated as novel active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. This compound shows improved cyclability compared to anthraquinone and gives important insights into developing a new generation of organic active materials with higher performances.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide