Supporting Information

Nickel(II) and copper(II) coordination polymers derived from 1,2,4,5-tetraaminobenzene

for lithium-ion batteries

Roman R. Kapaev,*abc Selina Olthof,d Ivan S. Zhidkov,e Ernst Z. Kurmaev,ef Keith J. Stevenson,a
Klaus Meerholzd and Pavel A. Troshinab
aCenter for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology,
Nobel str. 3, Moscow 143026, Russia.
bInstitute for Problems of Chemical Physics RAS, Acad. Semenov str. 1, Chernogolovka
142432, Russia
cD.I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya sq. 9, Moscow
125047, Russia
d Department of Chemistry, University of Cologne, Luxemburger str. 116, Köln 50939, Germany
eInstitute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Mira str. 9, Yekaterinburg
620002, Russia
fM.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, S.
Kovalevskoi str. 18, Yekaterinburg 620108, Russia
* E-mail: roman.kapaev@skoltech.ru
Table S1. Elemental composition of NiTIB and CuTIB.
Material Theor./Exp. H (wt. %) C (wt. %) N (wt. %) C:H (at. ratio) C:N (at. ratio)

NiTIB Theor. 3.14 37.37 29.05 1 1.5

NiTIB Exp. 3.42 34.43 25.26 0.92 1.59

CuTIB Theor. 3.06 36.46 28.34 1 1.5

CuTIB Exp. 3.30 31.39 19.78 0.80 1.85

Figure S1. Resonance structures of NiTIB repeating unit.
Figure S2. ESR spectrum of CuTIB.
Figure S3. Intensity of Cu2O peak (hkl = 111) in CuTIB sample depending on the amount of
Cu2O added.
Figure S4. SEM images of NiTIB and CuTIB before/after ball-milling.
Figure S5. UV-Vis-NIR spectrum for CuTIB.
Figure S6. FT-IR spectra of as-synthesized (black lines) and ball-milled (red lines) NiTIB and
CuTIB.
Figure S7. Initial discharge curves at different current rates for a) NiTIB; b) CuTIB.
Figure S8. Fragments of CVs for untreated NiTIB electrodes (dashed lines, also shown in Fig. 1)
and electrodes treated with LDA (solid lines): a) cathodic fragment; b) anodic fragment. CVs
were measured between 0.8 and 2.0 V vs. Li/Li+ at 0.1 mV s−1 scanning rate.
Figure S9. Electrochemical behavior of CuTIB in the cathode mode: a) charge-discharge curves
for different cycles at 50 mA g−1 in 1.5-4.1 V range; b) specific discharge capacities and c)
energy densities at 50 mA g−1 in 1.5-4.1 V range; d) CVs for different cycles at 0.1 mV s−1
scanning rate in 1.5-4.1 V range; e-h) the same set of plots for 2.0-3.8 V range.
Figure S10. Electrochemical behavior of NiTIB in the cathode mode: a) charge-discharge curves
for different cycles at 50 mA g−1 in 1.5-4.1 V range; b) specific discharge capacities and c)
energy densities at 50 mA g−1 in 1.5-4.1 V range; d) CVs for different cycles at 0.1 mV s−1
scanning rate in 1.5-4.1 V range; e-h) the same set of plots for 2.0-3.8 V range.