Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 10, Issue 15, Pages 6820-6826Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00237a
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- National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51425204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51521001, 51302203]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFA0202603]
- Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B17034]
- Yellow Crane Talent (Science & Technology) Program of Wuhan City
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2017IVA100, 2017IVA096, 2017III040]
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing (Wuhan University of Technology) [2018-KF-1]
- National Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program [WUT: 20171049701013]
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Antimony (Sb) represents a promising anode for K-ion batteries (KIBs) due to its high theoretical capacity and suitable working voltage. However, the large volume change that occurs in the potassiation/depotassiation process can lead to severe capacity fading. Herein, we report a high-capacity anode material by in situ confining Sb nanoparticles in a three-dimensional carbon framework (3D SbNPs@C) via a template-assisted freeze-drying treatment and subsequent carbothermic reduction. The as-prepared 3D SbNPs@C hybrid material delivers high reversible capacity and good cycling stability when used as the anode for KIBs. Furthermore, cyclic voltammetry and in situ X-ray diffraction analysis were performed to reveal the intrinsic mechanism of a K-Sb alloying reaction. Therefore, this work is of great importance to understand the electrochemical process of the Sb-based alloying reaction and will pave the way for the exploration of high performance KIB anode materials.
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