Pitch-Derived Soft Carbon as Stable Anode Material for Potassium Ion Batteries

© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 32(2020), 17 vom: 03. Apr., Seite e2000505
1. Verfasser: Liu, Yuan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lu, Ya-Xiang, Xu, Yan-Song, Meng, Qing-Shi, Gao, Jing-Chi, Sun, Yong-Gang, Hu, Yong-Sheng, Chang, Bao-Bao, Liu, Chun-Tai, Cao, An-Min
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article anode materials long cycle stability potassium ion batteries soft carbon turbostratic lattice
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Zusammenfassung:© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Potassium ion batteries (KIBs) have emerged as a promising energy storage system, but the stability and high rate capability of their electrode materials, particularly carbon as the most investigated anode ones, become a primary challenge. Here, it is identified that pitch-derived soft carbon, a nongraphitic carbonaceous species which is paid less attention in the battery field, holds special advantage in KIB anodes. The structural flexibility of soft carbon makes it convenient to tune its crystallization degree, thereby modulating the storage behavior of large-sized K+ in the turbostratic carbon lattices to satisfy the need in structural resilience, low-voltage feature, and high transportation kinetics. It is confirmed that a simple thermal control can produce structurally optimized soft carbon that has much better battery performance than its widely reported carbon counterparts such as graphite and hard carbon. The findings highlight the potential of soft carbon as an interesting category suitable for high-performance KIB electrode and provide insights for understanding the complicated K+ storage mechanisms in KIBs
Beschreibung:Date Revised 30.09.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202000505