Research Projects

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the most efficient energy storage devices, but commercial options have limitations such as high production costs, toxicity, and low energy density. The working principle of LIBs is based on intercalation chemistry, but these materials are not suitable for the relatively cheap sodium- and potassium-ion batteries. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are chemically and thermally stable with tunable pores, but they have limitations such as large volume change, distortion of crystalline structure, slow kinetics, and poor conductivity. This project aims to study experimentally synthesized COFs, TQBQ and DAAQ-TFP, as cathodes for alkali metal ion batteries using advanced computational methods.