A sulfur-rich graphdiyne (TTF-GDY) material containing
electrochemically
active unit of tetrathiafulvalene was successfully synthesized at
the liquid/liquid interface under mild conditions. The extended two-dimensional
(2D) π-conjugated framework contains large in-plane cavities
to accommodate defined sulfur elements and precise sulfur content.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy
(SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterizations demonstrated
that the TTF-GDY adopted the layered structures. X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectrum, selected area electron diffraction
(SAED), crystal modeling, and molecular-mechanics-based calculation
further confirmed the proposed framework structure and the expected
chemical compositions. Considering the unique structure and sulfur-rich
characteristic, we then applied this material as an electrode in lithium
battery applications. Due to the unique 2D framework structure, the
TTF-GDY exhibited a high specific capacity of 837.6 mAh/g, particularly
having a robust long-term stability under the high current density.
These results demonstrated that such a sulfur-rich TTF-GDY, as a novel
electrochemical material would have great application potential in
energy fields.