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Robust Biomass-Derived Carbon Frameworks as High-Performance Anodes in Potassium-Ion Batteries

Chen, Jintao; Chen, Guanxu; Zhao, Siyu; Feng, Junrun; Wang, Ryan; Parkin, Ivan P; He, Guanjie; (2022) Robust Biomass-Derived Carbon Frameworks as High-Performance Anodes in Potassium-Ion Batteries. Small , Article e2206588. 10.1002/smll.202206588. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

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.

Type: Article
Title: Robust Biomass-Derived Carbon Frameworks as High-Performance Anodes in Potassium-Ion Batteries
Location: Germany
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202206588
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202206588
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Authors. Small published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: anodes, carbon materials, high-rate, potassium-ion batteries
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161672
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