Nano-Micro Letters (Jan 2024)

Efficient Polytelluride Anchoring for Ultralong-Life Potassium Storage: Combined Physical Barrier and Chemisorption in Nanogrid-in-Nanofiber

  • Qinghua Li,
  • Dandan Yu,
  • Jian Peng,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Jianlian Huang,
  • Zhixin Liang,
  • Junling Wang,
  • Zeyu Lin,
  • Shiyun Xiong,
  • Jiazhao Wang,
  • Shaoming Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01318-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Highlights The hierarchical nanogrid-in-nanofiber-structured dual-type carbon-confined CoTe2 nanodots (CoTe2@NC@NSPCNFs) were synthesized via facile templates and an electrospinning approach. Hierarchical nanogrid-in-nanofiber structure effectively suppresses the volume change of CoTe2 and the shuttle of potassium polytelluride (K-pTe x ) through robust physical restraint and strong chemisorption. CoTe2@NC@NSPCNFs hybrid achieves ultralong lifespan potassium-storage performance over 3500 cycles, and the deep mechanisms underlying the evolution, dissolution, and shuttle of K-pTe x have been clearly revealed.

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