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Unraveling the role of ion-solvent chemistry in stabilizing small-molecule organic cathode for potassium-ion batteries

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ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
卷 43, 期 -, 页码 172-181

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.08.040

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Cathode; Electrolyte solvation; Ion-solvent complex; Phenothiazine; Potassium-ion batteries

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [52002081, 51920105004]
  2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M682611, 2020T130122]
  3. high-performance computing (HPC) resources at Beihang University

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This study investigates the effects of salt concentrations and solvents on the performance of potassium-organic batteries using methylene blue (MB) as the cathode material. High-concentration potassium bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide-based ether electrolyte is found to be versatile in achieving long lifespan, while enhancing interactions between K'-ether and anion-participated ion-ether complexes help mitigate shuttle effects and inhibit K dendrite growth. As a result, MB cathode shows high capacity and long-term cycling stability, demonstrating the feasibility of MB as a cathode material in potassium-ion batteries.
Redox-active organic cathodes are promising high-capacity and low-cost electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs), but usually suffer from poor cyclability due to the severe dissolution and notorious K dendrites. Herein, the effects of salt concentrations and solvents on the performance of potassium-organic batteries based on a typical phenothiazine derivative, methylene blue (MB), are explored, and the high-concentration potassium bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide-based ether electrolyte is versatile to achieve long lifespan. The high donor number and strong solvation ability of ether solvent endow MB cathode with high voltage plateaus and reversible capacity as compared to the carbonate counterpart. Moreover, the enhanced interactions of K'-ether and anion-participated ion-ether complexes in concentrated electrolyte not only decrease the amount of free solvent, but also contribute to forming highly ionic-conducing and thin anion-derived interphase layers, which effectively mitigate the shuttle effect and inhibit K dendrite growth. Consequently, MB cathode exhibits a high capacity of 139.5 mAh g(-1) after 500 cycles at 0.1 A g(-1), and long-term cycling stability for 4500 cycles. The good performance of full cells matched with graphite anode further demonstrates the feasibility of MB as KIB cathode. This work highlights the roles of ion-solvent chemistry in stabilizing small-molecule organic cathodes, which may bring new insights in the electrolyte design for wide organic electrode-based battery systems.

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