Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2018, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (4): 625-658.doi: 10.1007/s41918-018-0023-y

所属专题: Batteries

• REVIEW ARTICLE • 上一篇    

Cathode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries: Current Status and Perspective

Qing Zhang1, Zhijie Wang1, Shilin Zhang1, Tengfei Zhou1, Jianfeng Mao1, Zaiping Guo1,2   

  1. 1 Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials(ISEM), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials(AIIM), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia;
    2 School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
  • 收稿日期:2018-06-30 修回日期:2018-08-22 出版日期:2018-12-20 发布日期:2018-11-30
  • 通讯作者: Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo E-mail:jmao@uow.edu.au;zguo@uow.edu.au
  • 基金资助:
    Financial support provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC) (FT150100109 and DP170102406) is gratefully acknowledged. Q.Z. and Z.J.W. acknowledge the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for their scholarships (Grant Nos. 201508420150 and 201706340049).

Cathode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries: Current Status and Perspective

Qing Zhang1, Zhijie Wang1, Shilin Zhang1, Tengfei Zhou1, Jianfeng Mao1, Zaiping Guo1,2   

  1. 1 Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials(ISEM), Australian Institute for Innovative Materials(AIIM), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia;
    2 School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
  • Received:2018-06-30 Revised:2018-08-22 Online:2018-12-20 Published:2018-11-30
  • Contact: Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo E-mail:jmao@uow.edu.au;zguo@uow.edu.au
  • Supported by:
    Financial support provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC) (FT150100109 and DP170102406) is gratefully acknowledged. Q.Z. and Z.J.W. acknowledge the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for their scholarships (Grant Nos. 201508420150 and 201706340049).

摘要: Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have recently attracted considerable attention in electrochemical energy storage applications due to abundant and widely distributed potassium resources and encouraging intercalation chemistries with graphite, the commercial anode of lithium-ion batteries. One main challenge in PIBs, however, is to develop suitable cathode materials to accommodate the large size of K+ ions with reasonable capacity, voltage, kinetics, cycle life, cost, etc. In this review, recent advancements of cathode materials for PIBs are reviewed, covering various fundamental aspects of PIBs, and various cathode materials in terms of synthesis, structure, and electrochemical performance, such as capacity, working potential, and K-storage mechanisms. Furthermore, strategies to improve the electrochemical performance of cathode materials through increasing crystallinity, using bufering and conducting matrixes, designing nanostructures, optimizing electrolytes, and selecting binders are summarized and discussed. Finally, challenges and prospects of these materials are provided to guide future development of cathode materials in PIBs.

Full-text:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41918-018-0023-y

关键词: Cathode materials, Redox couples, Potassium-ion batteries, Energy storage

Abstract: Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have recently attracted considerable attention in electrochemical energy storage applications due to abundant and widely distributed potassium resources and encouraging intercalation chemistries with graphite, the commercial anode of lithium-ion batteries. One main challenge in PIBs, however, is to develop suitable cathode materials to accommodate the large size of K+ ions with reasonable capacity, voltage, kinetics, cycle life, cost, etc. In this review, recent advancements of cathode materials for PIBs are reviewed, covering various fundamental aspects of PIBs, and various cathode materials in terms of synthesis, structure, and electrochemical performance, such as capacity, working potential, and K-storage mechanisms. Furthermore, strategies to improve the electrochemical performance of cathode materials through increasing crystallinity, using bufering and conducting matrixes, designing nanostructures, optimizing electrolytes, and selecting binders are summarized and discussed. Finally, challenges and prospects of these materials are provided to guide future development of cathode materials in PIBs.

Full-text:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41918-018-0023-y

Key words: Cathode materials, Redox couples, Potassium-ion batteries, Energy storage