Safe, Low-Cost, Fast-Kinetics and Low-Strain Inorganic-Open-Framework Anode for Potassium-Ion Batteries

Autor: Wenzhuo Deng, Yilong Pan, Jiajia Huang, Chuan-Fu Sun, Ruding Zhang, Shuping Huang, Jingze Bao
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English). 58(46)
ISSN: 1521-3773
Popis: A key challenge for potassium-ion batteries is to explore low-cost electrode materials that allow fast and reversible insertion of large-ionic-size K+ . Here, we report an inorganic-open-framework anode (KTiOPO4 ), which achieves a reversible capacity of up to 102 mAh g-1 (307 mAh cm-3 ), flat voltage plateaus at a safe average potential of 0.82 V (vs. K/K+ ), a long lifespan of over 200 cycles, and K+ -transport kinetics ≈10 times faster than those of Na-superionic conductors. Combined experimental analysis and first-principles calculations reveal a charge storage mechanism involving biphasic and solid solution reactions and a cell volume change (9.5 %) even smaller than that for Li+ -insertion into graphite (≈10 %). KTiOPO4 exhibits quasi-3D lattice expansion on K+ intercalation, enabling the disintegration of small lattice strain and thus high structural stability. The inorganic open-frameworks may open a new avenue for exploring low-cost, stable and fast-kinetic battery chemistry.
Databáze: OpenAIRE