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  • Title: Boosting Interfacial Ion Transfer in Potassium-Ion Batteries via Synergy Between Nanostructured Bi@NC Bulk Anode and Electrolyte.
    Author: Xiang X, Liu D, Zhu X, Wang Y, Qu D, Xie Z, Zhang X, Zheng H.
    Journal: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces; 2022 Aug 03; 14(30):34722-34732. PubMed ID: 35866654.
    Abstract:
    Using high-capacity alloy-type anodes can greatly advance potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). However, the primary limits are unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and tough interfacial ion transfer associated with large-size K+ during electrochemical (de)alloy reactions. Here, we achieve excellent energy storage performance of PIBs via the synergy between a nanostructured Bi@N-doped carbon (Bi@NC) bulk anode and a KPF6-dimethoxyethane (DME) electrolyte. The Bi@NC material with a high tap density of 3.81 g cm-3 is prepared by simply pyrolyzing a commercial Bi salt yet affords a favorable nano/microstructure consisting of Bi nanograins confined in 3D ultrathin N-doped carbon shells, facilitating electron/ion transport and structural integrity. Detailed impedance spectroscopy investigation unveils that K+ transport through SEI at the Bi@NC anode, rather than the desolvation of K+, dominates the interfacial K+ transfer. More importantly, spectroscopic and microscopic characterizations provide clear evidence that the interplay between Bi@NC anode and optimized KPF6-DME electrolyte can produce a unique SEI layer containing Bi3+-solvent complex that enables the activation energy of interfacial K+ transfer as low as 25.9 kJ mol-1, thereby ultrafast charge transfer at Bi@NC. Consequently, the Bi@NC anode in half cells achieves exceptional rate capability (206 mAh g-1 or 784 mAh cm-3 at 120C) accompanied by high specific capacity (331 mAh g-1 or 1261 mAh cm-3) and long cycle life (running 1400 cycles at 15C with a tiny capacity fading rate of 0.013% per cycle). Moreover, the Bi@NC anode and KPF6-DME electrolyte are also compatible with a potassium Prussian blue cathode and assembled full PIBs achieve stable cyclability (87.3% capacity retention after 100 cycles at 2.5C) and excellent rate performance (65.1% capacity retention upon increasing rates from 1 to 20C).
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