Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

High-energy-density dual-ion battery for stationary storage of electricity using concentrated potassium fluorosulfonylimide

  • Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk,
  • Preeti Bhauriyal,
  • Laura Piveteau,
  • Christoph P. Guntlin,
  • Biswarup Pathak,
  • Maksym V. Kovalenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06923-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Lithium-free graphite dual-ion battery offers a new means of energy storage. Here the authors show such device utilizing a highly concentrated electrolyte solution of KFSI in alkyl carbonates that exhibits a high energy density and high energy efficiency as well as an average discharge voltage of 4.7 V.