期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 13, 期 24, 页码 28261-28269出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06303
关键词
potassium-ion batteries; soft carbon; local structure; potential profile design; pair distribution function
资金
- National Key RAMP
- D Program of China [2018YFB0905400]
- Major Technological Innovation Project of Hubei Province [2019AAA019]
- Key Laboratory Open Progect of Guangdong Province [2018B030322001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51772117, 51732005, 11905081]
- Analytical and Testing Centre of HUST
This study systematically characterized the structural features of soft carbon at different pyrolysis temperatures and found a close correlation between the non-uniformity and defect concentration within soft carbon and potassium storage behavior. By utilizing reverse Monte Carlo modeling and density functional theory calculations, optimization strategies for designing advanced soft carbon anodes for high-performance rechargeable PIBs were discussed.
Due to climate variation and global warming, utilization of renewable energy becomes increasingly imperative. Rechargeable potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have lately attracted much attention due to their earth-abundance and cost-effectiveness. Because soft carbon materials are cheap, abundant, and safe, extensive feasible research studies have indicated that they could become promising anode materials for PIBs. In spite of gaining achievements, fundamental questions regarding effects of the basic structure unit inside soft carbon on potassium storage potential have not been sufficiently addressed yet. Here, a series of soft carbon pyrolyzed from 900 to 2900 degrees C were systematically and quantitatively characterized by combining Raman spectroscopy, near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, X-ray pair distribution function analysis, and advanced evaluation of wide-angle X-ray scattering data. All these characterizations reveal structural details of soft carbon with increasing pyrolysis temperature. Our results show that the potassium storage behavior, especially the potential plateau is closely correlated to non-uniformity in interlayer distance and defect concentration in soft carbon, which is further confirmed by reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling and density functional theory calculation. On the basis of these results, optimizing strategies are discussed to design an advanced soft carbon anode. This work provides significant insights into the structure engineering of soft carbon for high-performance rechargeable PIBs.
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