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Hierarchically Structured Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Microspheres for Advanced Potassium Ion Batteries
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posted on 2020-06-22, 16:38 authored by Junmin Ge, Bin Wang, Jiang Zhou, Shuquan Liang, Apparao M. Rao, Bingan LuBecause
of their unique properties, microstructured carbons have
received widespread attention in various fields, such as energy storage,
medicine, and biosensors. In this study, hierarchically structured
nitrogen-doped carbon microspheres (CMSs) are synthesized for use
as electrodes in a potassium ion battery (PIBs). Compared to traditional
carbon nanomaterials, the CMSs possess rich internal structure, which
not only provide additional active sites and better electron transport
but also mitigate the volume expansion related challenges caused by
potassium ion intercalation. As the anode material for PIBs, the CMSs
could deliver high reversible discharge capacities of 328 and 125
mAh g–1 at 100 and 3000 mA g–1, respectively. Moreover, the CMSs anodes also exhibit durable cycling
performance with a remaining capacity of 136 mAh g–1 even after 10000 cycles at a high current density of 2000 mA g–1. Notably, a full cell assembled with the CMSs anode
and an organic cathode exhibits excellent electrochemical characteristics
with 78% capacity retention after 1900 cycles at 500 mA g–1, and high energy and power densities of 141Wh kg–1 and 4382 W kg–1, respectively. Considering the
rich microstructure of CMSs and their facile synthesis method, this
study delineates the merits of employing CMSs in battery applications
over other electrode materials.
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energy storageAdvanced Potassium Ion BatteriesPIBpotassium ion batterynitrogen-doped carbon microspherescycling performanceHierarchically Structured Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Microspherescapacitybattery applicationspotassium ion intercalationCMSs anodes1900 cyclespower densitiesvolume expansioncarbon nanomaterialsCMSs anodeanode materialmAelectrochemical characteristicselectrode materialselectron transportsynthesis methodstudy delineates10000 cyclescathode exhibitsmicrostructured carbonsdischarge capacities
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