DALTON TRANSACTIONS, cilt.52, sa.42, ss.15562-15575, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Coordination polymers (CPs) have been widely proven as sacrificial electrode materials for energy storage applications because of their high porosity, specific surface area and tunable structural topology. In this work, a new 2D Cu(ii)-based CP, formulated as [Cu-2(btc)(mu-Cl)(2)(H2O)(4)](n) (CP-1) (H(3)btc = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid), fabrication of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) and its composite (CuO@CP-1) were successfully synthesized using solvothermal, precipitation and mechanochemical grinding approaches. Single-crystal X-ray analysis authenticated a two-dimensional (2D) layered network of CP-1. Further, CP-1, CuO NPs and composite were characterized by diffraction (Powder-XRD), spectroscopic (FTIR), microscopic (SEM), and thermal (TGA) techniques. The porosity and surface behavior of CP-1 and the composite were demonstrated using BET analyzer. Topological simplification of CP-1 shows a 3-c connected hcb periodic net. The photocatalytic behavior of CP-1 was examined over methyl red (MR) dye in the presence of sunlight and showed a promising degradation efficiency of 96.80%. The electrochemical energy storage properties of CP-1, CuO NPs and composite were investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) analysis under aqueous 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte. The electrochemical results show better charge storage performance of CP-1 with a specific capacitance of 602.25 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1) current density by maintaining a retention of up to 84.51% after 5000 cycles at 10 A g(-1) current density. Comparative electrochemical studies reveal that CP-1 is a promising electrode material for energy storage.