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Zhou Q, Liu HK, Dou SX, Chong S. Defect-Free Prussian Blue Analogue as Zero-Strain Cathode Material for High-Energy-Density Potassium-Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2024; 18:7287-7297. [PMID: 38373205 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) have been widely studied as cathodes for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) due to their three-dimensional framework structure and easily adjustable composition. However, the phase transition behavior and [Fe(CN)6]4- anionic defects severely deteriorate electrochemical performances. Herein, we propose a defect-free potassium iron manganese hexacyanoferrate (K1.47Fe0.5Mn0.5[Fe(CN)6]·1.26H2O, KFMHCF-1/2) as the cathode material for PIBs. The Fe-Mn binary synergistic and defect-free effects can inhibit the cell volume change and octahedral slip during the K-ion insertion/extraction process, so that the phase transformation behavior (monoclinic ↔ cubic) is effectively inhibited, achieving a zero-strain solid solution mechanism employing Fe and Mn as dual active-sites. Thus, KFMHCF-1/2 contributes the highest initial capacity of 155.3 mAh·g-1 with an energy density of 599.5 Wh·kg-1 at 10 mA·g-1 among the reported PBA cathodes, superior rate capability, and cyclic stability over 450 cycles. The assembled K-ion full battery using K deposited on graphite (K@G) as anode also delivers high reversible specific capacity of 131.1 mAh·g-1 at 20 mA·g-1 and ultralong lifespans over 1000 cycles at 50 mA·g-1 with the lowest capacity decay rate of 0.044% per cycle. This work will promote the rapid application of high-energy-density PIBs.
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- Qianwen Zhou
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Insinuate of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
- Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518063, China
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Zhou Q, Yuan L, Li T, Qiao S, Ma M, Wang Y, Chong S. Boosting cobalt ditelluride quantum-rods anode materials for excellent potassium-ion storage via hierarchical physicochemical encapsulation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:493-502. [PMID: 37209549 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The exploration of anode materials that can store large-sized K-ion to solve the poor kinetics and large volume expansion issues has become the key scientific bottlenecks hindering the development of potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). Herein, ultrafine CoTe2 quantum rods physiochemically encapsulated by graphene and nitrogen-doped carbon (CoTe2@rGO@NC) are regarded as anode electrodes for PIBs. Dual physicochemical confinement and quantum size effect not only enhance electrochemical kinetics but also restrain large lattice stress during repeated K-ion insertion/extraction process. Superior electronic conductivity, K-ion adsorption, and diffusion ability can be acquired for CoTe2@rGO@NC, confirmed through first-principles calculations and kinetics study. K-ion insertion/extraction proceeds via a typical conversion mechanism relying on Co as the redox site, where the robust chemical bond of COCo plays an important role in maintaining the electrode stability. Accordingly, CoTe2@rGO@NC contributes a high initial capacity of 237.6 mAh·g-1 at 200 mA·g-1, a long lifetime over 500 cycles with low-capacity decay of 0.10% per cycle. This research will lay the materials science foundation for the construction of quantum-rod electrodes.
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- Qianwen Zhou
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518063, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518063, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics and Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, PR China; Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518063, PR China.
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Yuan T, Yan J, Zhang Q, Su Y, Xie S, Lu B, Huang J, Ouyang X. Unveiling the Nature of Ultrastable Potassium Storage in Bi 0.48Sb 1.52Se 3 Composite. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37184205 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The conversion and alloying-type anodes for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have drawn attention. However, it is still a challenge to relieve the huge volume expansion/electrode pulverization. Herein, we synthesized a composite material comprising Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3 nanoparticles uniformly dispersed in carbon nanofibers (Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3@C). Benefiting from the synergistic effects of the high electronic conductivity of Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3 and the mechanical confinement of the carbon fiber that buffers the large chemomechanical stress, the Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3@C//K half cells deliver a high reversible capacity (491.4 mAh g-1, 100 cycles at 100 mA g-1) and an extraordinary cyclability (80% capacity retention, 1000 cycles at 1000 mA g-1). Furthermore, the Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3@C-based PIB full cells achieve a high energy density of 230 Wh kg-1. In situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveals an intercalation, conversion, and alloying three-step reaction mechanism and a reversible amorphous transient phase. More impressively, the nanofiber electrode can almost return to its original diameter after the potassiation and depotassiation reaction, indicating a highly reversible volume change process, which is distinct from the other conversion type electrodes. This work reveals the stable potassium storage mechanisms of Bi0.48Sb1.52Se3@C composite material, which provides an effective strategy to enable conversion/alloying-type anodes for high performance PIBs for energy storage applications.
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- Tong Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- Clean Nano Energy Center, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
- Clean Nano Energy Center, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials and Application Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan 411105, People's Republic of China
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Chen J, Chen G, Zhao S, Feng J, Wang R, Parkin IP, He G. Robust Biomass-Derived Carbon Frameworks as High-Performance Anodes in Potassium-Ion Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2206588. [PMID: 36470658 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have become one of the promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage that can provide low-cost and high-performance advantages. The poor cyclability and rate capability of PIBs are due to the intensive structural change of electrode materials during battery operation. Carbon-based materials as anodes have been successfully commercialized in lithium- and sodium-ion batteries but is still struggling in potassium-ion battery field. This work conducts structural engineering strategy to induce anionic defects within the carbon structures to boost the kinetics of PIBs anodes. The carbon framework provides a strong and stable structure to accommodate the volume variation of materials during cycling, and the further phosphorus doping modification is shown to enhance the rate capability. This is found due to the change of the pore size distribution, electronic structures, and hence charge storage mechanism. The optimized electrode in this work shows a high capacity of 175 mAh g-1 at a current density of 0.2 A g-1 and the enhancement of rate performance as the PIB anode (60% capacity retention with the current density increase of 50 times). This work, therefore provides a rational design for guiding future research on carbon-based anodes for PIBs.
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- Jintao Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London, WC1E 7JE, UK
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Jin X, Wang X, Liu Y, Kim M, Cao M, Xie H, Liu S, Wang X, Huang W, Nanjundan AK, Yuliarto B, Li X, Yamauchi Y. Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanotubes for Fast Potassium Ion Storage. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2203545. [PMID: 36149033 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202203545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Exploration of advanced carbon anode material is the key to circumventing the sluggish kinetics and poor rate capability for potassium ion storage. Herein, a synergistic synthetic strategy of engineering both surface and structure is adopted to design N, S co-doped carbon nanotubes (NS-CNTs). The as-designed NS-CNTs exhibit unique features of defective carbon surface, hollow tubular channel, and enlarged interlayer space. These features significantly contribute to a large potassium storage capacity of 307 mA h g-1 at 1 A g-1 and a remarkable rate performance with a capacity of 151 mA h g-1 even at 5 A g-1 . Furthermore, an excellent cyclability with 98% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 2 A g-1 is also achieved. Systematic analysis by in situ Raman spectroscopy and ex situ TEM demonstrates the structural stability and reversibility in the charge-discharge process. Although the kinetics studies reveal the capacitive-dominated process for potassium storage, density functional theory calculations provide evidence that N, S co-doping contributes to expanding the interlayer space to promote the K-ion insertion, improving the electronic conductivity, and providing ample defective sites to favor the K-ion adsorption.
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- Xin Jin
- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 43000, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- School of Chemistry and Material Science, Shanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710000, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, 43000, China
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- Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Education Ministry and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Advanced Functional Materials (AFM) Laboratory, Engineering Physics Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (RCNN), Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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- Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitechtonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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Chang CB, Tuan HY. Recent progress on Sb- and Bi-based chalcogenide anodes for potassium ion batteries. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200170. [PMID: 35441807 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Potassium ion batteries (PIBs) are potential alternative energy storage systems to lithium ion batteries (LIBs), due to elemental abundance of potassium, low cost and similar working principle to LIBs. Recently, metal chalcogenides (MCs) have gained enormous interests, especially antimony (Sb)-, bismuth (Bi) -based chalcogenides because they were able to undergo alloying/conversion dual mechanism, which can provide higher specific capacity and energy density (K 3 Sb~660 mA h g -1 , K 3 Bi~385 mA h g -1 ). However, several challenges hinder the development of Sb-, Bi-based chalcogenide anode materials for PIBs , such as huge volume expansion during potassiation, unstable solid-electrolyte interface (SEI), slow reaction kinetics, and polychalcogenide-induced shuttle effect . In this review, the current state-of-the-art Sb-, Bi-based chalcogenides are comprehensively summarized, including the reaction mechanism, electrochemical performance, ingenious nanostructures, electrolyte systems, and prospects for future development. This review contributes to understanding the K + storage mechanism and the interaction between active materials and electrolytes, providing guidance and foundation for the design of next-generation high-performance PIBs.
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- Che-Bin Chang
- National Tsing Hua University, Chemical Engineering, TAIWAN
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- National Tsing Hua University, Chemical Engineering, 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, 30013, Hsinchu, TAIWAN
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