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Impact of the Channel Length in Nanoporous Electric Double-Layer Capacitors on the Charge Transport Explored by Metal-Organic Framework Films

Liu Y., Chandresh A., Heinke L. · ACS Physical Chemistry Au · 2025 · 266-273

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Application RelevanceSupport assessment: High

Optimising the channel length of 2D conductive MOF electrodes is electrolyte-dependent: thick films benefit high-mobility KCl by increasing substrate-normalised capacitance, while short channels are important for less-mobile ionic liquids.

Caveat: The study uses three-electrode films and two electrolytes; device-level symmetric-cell performance was not reported.

271 · Conclusions · Linked to 4 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

For these oriented Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOF electrodes, the pore channel length corresponds to the film thickness because one-dimensional pores are perpendicular to the substrate surface.

Caveat: The authors note this correspondence is in the absence of defects; intermediate cycle thicknesses are inferred from synthesis cycle number rather than directly reported.

268 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1b; Figure S1 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: Medium

Scan-rate-dependent capacitance scales with synthesis cycles, indicating that the Cu3(HHTP)2 pore space is essentially accessible to the electrolyte ions and that pore-blocking defects have a minor impact.

Caveat: For IL at fast scan rates, the outer capacitance is much smaller than the total capacitance, indicating kinetic inaccessibility on short timescales even if pores are not blocked.

269 · Results and Discussion · Figures 2c,f, S5, S10 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

In pure [BMIM][TFSI] ionic liquid, ion transport in Cu3(HHTP)2 electrodes is predominantly diffusion-controlled, and longer channel length decreases capacitance performance.

Caveat: Some b-values increase with thickness, indicating increasing surface-process contribution even in IL.

271 · Results and Discussion · Figure 5; Figure S18 · Linked to 6 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

In highly mobile aqueous KCl electrolyte, Cu3(HHTP)2 EDLC kinetics are mainly surface-controlled and diffusion resistance only weakly limits performance, even for thicker films.

Caveat: The Dunn method still shows diffusion-controlled contributions, especially at low scan rate.

267 · Introduction summary · Figures 3-5 · Linked to 4 structured results

Material identities

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MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOF / Cu-CAT-1Browse family: Cu₃(HHTP)₂ / Cu–HHTPCu3(HHTP)2Cu(II) ions / Cu-catecholate nodes · 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene (HHTP)2D · PristineLayered two-dimensional conductive MOF with stacked pi-conjugated layers and one-dimensional cylindrical pores approximately 2 nm in diameter; oriented SURMOF films have layers parallel to the substrate and channels perpendicular to it.267 · Introduction · Figure 1a

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SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
100-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIntermediate member of the synthesis-test-repeat cycle series.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · 100 synthesis cycles; thickness not directly tabulated268 · Results and Discussion
150-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIntermediate member of the synthesis-test-repeat cycle series.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · 150 synthesis cycles; thickness not directly tabulated268 · Results and Discussion
20-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine Framework20 layer-by-layer synthesis cycles; used as working electrode in KCl and [BMIM][TFSI] electrolytes.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · approximately 70 +/- 10 nmSI p. 2 · Figure S1 caption · Figure S1
200-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine Framework200 layer-by-layer synthesis cycles; used as working electrode in KCl and [BMIM][TFSI] electrolytes.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · approximately 540 +/- 40 nmSI p. 2 · Figure S1 caption · Figure S1
40-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkProduced by adding 20 synthesis cycles to the same initially 20-cycle sample and retesting.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · 40 synthesis cycles; thickness not directly tabulated268 · Results and Discussion
60-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIntermediate member of the synthesis-test-repeat cycle series.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · 60 synthesis cycles; thickness not directly tabulated268 · Results and Discussion
80-cycle Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOFresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkIntermediate member of the synthesis-test-repeat cycle series.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer · 80 synthesis cycles; thickness not directly tabulated268 · Results and Discussion
Cu3(HHTP)2 SURMOF synthesis-cycle seriesresearch_0521__mat__mat_cu3_hhtp2Thin Film · Target Sample · Pristine FrameworkLayer-by-layer SURMOF films tested sequentially after increasing synthesis cycles; used as three-electrode EDLC working electrodes.MUD-modified gold-coated silicon wafer; 0.5 cm2 working electrode area for electrochemistry · 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150 and 200 synthesis cycles; cycle number used as film-thickness/channel-length proxy268 · Results and Discussion · Figures 2, S3-S11