New tris- and pentakis-fused donors containing extended tetrathiafulvalenes: New positive electrode materials for rechargeable batteries

• Shintaro Iwamoto,
• Yuu Inatomi,
• Daisuke Ogi,
• Satoshi Shibayama,
• Yukiko Murakami,
• Minami Kato,
• Kazuyuki Takahashi,
• Kazuyoshi Tanaka,
• Nobuhiko Hojo and
• Yohji Misaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1136–1147, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.128

• –680 mAh g−1. The discharge capacities after 40 cycles were 64–86% of the initial discharge capacities. Keywords: cyclic voltammetry; positive electrode materials; rechargeable battery; redox; tetrathiafulvalene; Introduction Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF, 1a) and its analogues have attracted much