Model-based Design of Stable Electrolytes for Potassium Ion Batteries
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Zhang, JiaoCao, Zhen
Zhou, Lin
Park, Geon-Tae
Cavallo, Luigi

Wang, Limin
Alshareef, Husam N.

Sun, Yang-Kook
Ming, Jun
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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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Rechargeable potassium (ion) batteries (KIBs) are an emerging energy storage system with many potential advantages over existing battery systems (e.g., Li-ion, Na-ion battery). However, the electrolyte design for KIBs remains challenging because of serious electrolyte decomposition. Particularly, this problem is aggravated when using metal potassium anodes. Herein, we report that the cation-solvent (i.e., K+-solvent) solvation structure which is determined by the electrolyte composition plays a dominant role in the failure of KIBs. We present an analysis of the reaction pathway to understand the behavior of the cation-solvent structure at the surface of metal electrodes (e.g., metal plating or M+-solvent decomposition). The electronegativity change of cation-solvent structure was studied and correlated to the stability of the electrolytes. We find that the electrolyte decomposition can be induced when the K+ -solvent structure accepts one electron from the electrode; however, this process can be suppressed by tuning the electronegativity through varying the solvent chemistry, anions type, and salt concentrations. Our results explain the high stability of existing high-concentration electrolytes, and present a general guideline to design stable electrolytes for KIBs. This approach can pave the way for the realization of high-performance K-ion batteries.Citation
Zhang, J., Cao, Z., Zhou, L., Park, G.-T., Cavallo, L., Wang, L., … Ming, J. (2020). Model-based Design of Stable Electrolytes for Potassium Ion Batteries. ACS Energy Letters. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01634Sponsors
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21978281, 21975250) and National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFE0198100). 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 reported in this publication was partially supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Hanyang University. The calculations were performed on the KAUST supercomputers.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
ACS Energy LettersAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01634ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01634