摘要
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represent an emerging class of porous crystalline materials and have recently shown interesting applications in energy storage. Herein, we report the construction of a cycle stable sulfur electrode by embedding sulfur into a 2D COF. The designed porphyrin-based COF (Por-COF), featuring a relatively large pore volume and narrow pore size distribution, has been employed as a host material for sulfur storage in Li-S batteries. With a 55% sulfur loading in the composite, the thus prepared cathode delivers a capacity of 633 mA h g(-1) after 200 cycles at 0.5C charge/discharge rates. Therefore, embedding sulfur in the nanopores of the Por-COF significantly improves the performance of the sulfur cathode. Considering the flexible design of COFs, we believe that it is possible to synthesize a 2D COF host with a suitable pore environment to produce more stable Li-S batteries, which may help in exploration of the structure -property relationship between the host material and cell performance.