Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Codoped porous carbon nanofibres as a potassium metal host for nonaqueous K-ion batteries

  • Siwu Li,
  • Haolin Zhu,
  • Yuan Liu,
  • Zhilong Han,
  • Linfeng Peng,
  • Shuping Li,
  • Chuang Yu,
  • Shijie Cheng,
  • Jia Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32660-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The use of electrochemical energy storage systems based on alkali metal electrodes is hindered by the dendrites’ growth and volume changes upon cycling. Here, the authors propose nitrogen and zinc co-doped porous carbon nanofibers as potassium metal hosting material for reversible metal deposition.