Recent progress in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs)-derived nanomaterials for effective lithium polysulfide management in lithium–sulfur batteries

Abstract

Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have been considered as a promising and competitive option for novel energy storage due to their intrinsically remarkable energy density and low cost. Unfortunately, the commercialization of...

Boosting UHMWPE Self-Lubricating Performance via Embedding Porous Cobalt-Based Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Oil-Nanocontainers

“…Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), − as a new subclass of porous metal–organic frameworks in which divalent metal cations are bridged by imidazolate anions into tetrahedral frameworks, have been attracted great attention in wide-ranging applications as host materials such as gas adsorption and separation, , heterogeneous catalysis, and energy storage , due to their robust chemical stability, high porosity, uniform pore size, and interconnected interior space. Previously, Xie et al reported a mesoporous Cu-BTC as oleylamine-nanocontainers and incorporated into the EP matrix, exhibiting much more excellent self-lubricating performance compared to pure EP and demonstrating the huge potentials of porous framework materials in oil-containing self-lubricating areas .…”

“…Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), 11−13 as a new subclass of porous metal−organic frameworks in which divalent metal cations are bridged by imidazolate anions into tetrahedral frameworks, have been attracted great attention in wide-ranging applications as host materials such as gas adsorption and separation, 14,15 heterogeneous catalysis, 16 and energy storage 17,18 matrix, exhibiting much more excellent self-lubricating performance compared to pure EP and demonstrating the huge potentials of porous framework materials in oilcontaining self-lubricating areas. 19 In comparison to traditional oil-containing microcapsules, the framework materials due to the porous microstructures have unique advantages such as the unnumbered periodic microporous channels can restrain inward oil aggregated and inhibit them outflowing disorderly, thereby ensuring the lubricants released more controllably and steadily during the friction process.…”