Boosting potassium-ion batteries by few-layered composite anodes prepared via solution-triggered one-step shear exfoliation

Yajie Liu; Zhixin Tai; Jian Zhang; Wei Kong Pang; Qing Zhang; Haifeng Feng; Konstantin Konstantinov; Zaiping Guo; Hua Kun Liu

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05786-1

Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Boosting potassium-ion batteries by few-layered composite anodes prepared via solution-triggered one-step shear exfoliation

Yajie Liu,
Zhixin Tai,
Jian Zhang,
Wei Kong Pang,
Qing Zhang,
Haifeng Feng,
Konstantin Konstantinov,
Zaiping Guo,
Hua Kun Liu

Affiliations

Yajie Liu: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Zhixin Tai: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Jian Zhang: College of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology
Wei Kong Pang: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Qing Zhang: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Haifeng Feng: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Konstantin Konstantinov: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Zaiping Guo: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus
Hua Kun Liu: Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05786-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Developing high-performance potassium-ion batteries remains a challenge. Here, the authors show that few-layered Sb2S3/carbon composite anode synthesized via simple exfoliation minimizes the volume changes during (de)intercalation of K+ ions with boosted rate performance and cyclability.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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