Bismuth (Bi) is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high capacity. However, challenges such as low conductivity and significant volume expansion during charge cycles restrict its practical application. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), known for their controllable structure, hybrid inorganic-organic nature, large surface area, and high porosity, offer a solution to fix up above challenges. This study designs three-dimensional porous hollow spherical nanostructured bismuth-based MOF (Bi-MOF) by coordinating Bi 3+ with terephthalic acid. The material features a functional spherical shell and internal pore structure that maintain open ion transport channels, abundant electrochemical sites, and a large contact area between electrolyte and electrode. This design accelerates ion/electron transport within the cavity, mitigating volume expansion during charge-discharge cycles and ensuring structural stability. As an anode material, Bi-MOF exhibits great electrochemical performance: retaining discharge capacities of 617.6 mAh g −1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g −1 and 579.1 mAh g −1 after 200 cycles at 0.1 A g −1 . Coupled with LiFePO 4 cathodes, the full-battery maintains 93.1 mAh g −1 after 110 cycles at 1C. This work provides a train of thought to develop high-performance anode materials for enhanced lithium storage in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and validated the lithium storage mechanism of Bi-MOF.
The complex sample matrix and low environmental concentration make it challenging to effectively determine the polar glucocorticoids. In particular, a green, economical, and environmentally friendly method is urgently needed, since a large amount of extraction solvents, samples, and extraction materials have been commonly used to improve the sensitivity of the reported methods. In this study, a green and robust phenol and bismuth-based MOF of SU101 was mildly synthesized and fabricated as a brand new solid-phase microextraction (SPME) fiber. Only tiny amounts of SU101 and desorption solvents were employed to realize the high-efficiency enrichments of glucocorticoids from water samples. The detection performance of proposed SU101 fiber towards glucocorticoids was much superior to the single-component and multi-component commercial fibers. It indicated that SU101 fiber could be an excellent candidate for the enrichments of polar pharmaceuticals. After it was coupled with the instrument of high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS), the linear range of 5–10000 ng L −1 with detection limits low to 0.070–1.5 ng L −1 and satisfactory recoveries were achieved by the developed method. Benefiting from the environmental friendliness of SU101 and the less-solvent consumption of SPME technique, this work presented a green and economical strategy for determinations of trace glucocorticoids.