Model-Based Design of Graphite-Compatible Electrolytes in Potassium-Ion Batteries
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Zhang, JiaoCao, Zhen
Zhou, Lin
Liu, Gang
Park, Geon-Tae
Cavallo, Luigi

Wang, Limin

Alshareef, Husam N.

Sun, Yang-Kook

Ming, Jun

KAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramFunctional Nanomaterials and Devices Research Group
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2020-07-24Online Publication Date
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Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) are attractive alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) because of their lower cost and global potassium sustainability. However, designing compatible electrolytes with graphite anode remains challenging. This is because the electrolyte decomposition and/or graphite exfoliation (due to K+–solvent co-insertion) always exist, which is much harder to overcome compared to the case of LIBs because of the higher activities of K+. Herein, we report a general principle to design compatible electrolytes with the graphite anode, where the K+ can be reversibly (de)intercalated. We find that the electrolyte composition is critical to determining the graphite performance, which can be tuned by the kind of solvent, anion, additives, and concentration. We present a new interfacial model to understand the variation in performance (i.e., K+ (de)intercalation or K+–solvent co-insertion or decomposition). Our model is distinctly different from the solid electrolyte interphase interpretation. This work offers new opportunities to design high-performance KIBs and potassium-ion sulfur batteries. Particularly, we present new guideline to design electrolytes for KIBs and other advanced mobile (ion) batteries.Citation
Zhang, J., Cao, Z., Zhou, L., Liu, G., Park, G.-T., Cavallo, L., … Ming, J. (2020). Model-Based Design of Graphite-Compatible Electrolytes in Potassium-Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 2651–2661. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01401Sponsors
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978281 and 21975250) and National Key R&D Program of China (SQ2017YFE9128100). The authors also thank the Independent Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization (110005R086), Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research was also supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Hanyang University.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS Energy LettersAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01401ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01401