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Advances in bismuth-based anodes for potassium-ion batteries

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Manganese phosphoxide/Ni5P4 hybrids as an anode material for high energy density and rate potassium-ion storage

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Voltage plateau variation in a bismuth-potassium battery

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State-of-the-art anodes of potassium-ion batteries: synthesis, chemistry, and applications

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Strategies to boost the electrochemical performance of bismuth anodes for potassium-ion batteries

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Interstratification-assembled 2D black phosphorene and V2CTx MXene as superior anodes for boosting potassium-ion storage

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Deciphering the Sb4O5Cl2–MXene Hybrid as a Potential Anode Material for Advanced Potassium-Ion Batteries

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Toad egg-like bismuth nanoparticles encapsulated in an N-doped carbon microrod via supercritical acetone as anodes in lithium-ion batteries

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Bi‐Based Electrode Materials for Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries

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Bismuth Nanoparticles Confined in Carbonaceous Nanospheres as Anodes for High-Performance Potassium-Ion Batteries

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Recent Progress of Novel Non-Carbon Anode Materials for Potassium-Ion Battery

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Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 51, 327
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Novel Ultra‐Stable 2D SbBi Alloy Structure with Precise Regulation Ratio Enables Long‐Stable Potassium/Lithium‐Ion Storage

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Recent advances in emerging nonaqueous K-ion batteries: from mechanistic insights to practical applications

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Enable the Domino‐Like Structural Recovering in Bismuth Anode to Achieve Fast and Durable Na/K Storages

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Advanced Anode Materials of Potassium Ion Batteries: from Zero Dimension to Three Dimensions

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Binder-Free Anodes for Potassium-ion Batteries Comprising Antimony Nanoparticles on Carbon Nanotubes Obtained Using Electrophoretic Deposition

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Self‐Adaptive Bismuth Composite Anode for High‐Performance Potassium‐Ion Batteries

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15
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Energetic and dynamic principles of potassium electrodeposition in potassium metal batteries

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Beyond-carbon materials for potassium ion energy-storage devices

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Revealing the structure design of alloyed based electrodes for alkali metal ion batteries with in situ TEM

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Bimetal heterostructure NiCo2Se4 anode confined by carbon nano boxes for ultrafast and stable potassium storage

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Progress and perspectives on alloying-type anode materials for advanced potassium-ion batteries

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Bismuth anode engineering for tomorrow's batteries: A review of cutting-edge strategies

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Recent Advances and Perspectives of Battery-Type Anode Materials for Potassium Ion Storage

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Polymer “Tape”‐Assisted Ball‐Milling Method Fabrication Few‐Atomic‐Layered Bismuth for Improving K+/Na+ Storage

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Rational design of highly porous carbon nanofibers with outstanding potassium storage

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Unveiling Intrinsic Potassium Storage Behaviors of Hierarchical Nano Bi@N‐Doped Carbon Nanocages Framework via In Situ Characterizations

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Advances and perspectives on one-dimensional nanostructure electrode materials for potassium-ion batteries

Zhitong Xiao, Xuanpeng Wang, Jiashen Meng, Hong Wang, Yunlong Zhao and Liqiang Mai

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Besides the Capacitive and Diffusion Control: Inner‐Surface Controlled Bismuth Based Electrode Facilitating Potassium‐Ion Energy Storage

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Electrolyte formulation strategies for potassium‐based batteries

Ling Ni, Gaojie Xu, Chuanchuan Li and Guanglei Cui

Exploration, 2022, 2
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Synthesis of tablet-like BiOCl as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries by room-temperature liquid-phase co-deposition

Yuhan Li, Gang Liu, Xinmei Liu, Hongfei Chen, Zhitao Yang, Jingzhou Zhang, Mingyang Wu and Limin Dong

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Unveiling Intrinsic Potassium Storage Behaviors of Hierarchical Nano Bi@N‐Doped Carbon Nanocages Framework via In Situ Characterizations

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Recent progress and challenges on the bismuth-based anode for sodium-ion batteries and potassium-ion batteries

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Emerging bismuth-based materials: From fundamentals to electrochemical energy storage applications

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In‐Depth Mechanism Understanding for Potassium‐Ion Batteries by Electroanalytical Methods and Advanced In Situ Characterization Techniques

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Potassium ion batteries: Recent advancements in anodic, cathodic, and electrolytic materials

Xingchen He, Nousheen Iqbal, Usman Ghani and Tao Li

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Sustainable biomass-derived nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets anchoring bismuth nanoparticles as stable anodes for potassium-ion batteries

Peng Wang, Kelei Wu, Bing Hua, Xuejiao Wang, Pengcheng Yan and Erjin Zhang

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Recent Progress and Perspectives on Alloying Anodes for Potassium‐Ion Batteries

Guoquan Suo, Yan Cheng, Jiaqi Zhang and Syed Musab Ahmed

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Advanced Bismuth-Based Anode Materials for Efficient Potassium Storage: Structural Features, Storage Mechanisms and Modification Strategies

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Enable the Domino‐Like Structural Recovering in Bismuth Anode to Achieve Fast and Durable Na/K Storages

Hongli Long, Jing Wang, Shengyu Zhao, Bobo Zou, Liuming Yan, Qiuan Huang and Yufeng Zhao

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2024, 63
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2D Bismuth@N‐Doped Carbon Sheets for Ultrahigh Rate and Stable Potassium Storage

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Nanostructuring‐Promoted Non‐Equilibrium Phase Transformation of Bi Anodes Toward Diffusion‐Controlled Reaction for K‐Ion Batteries

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Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12
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Rational Design of Bismuth Metal Anodes for Sodium-/Potassium-Ion Batteries: Recent Advances and Perspectives

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Recent advances in tin-based anode materials for potassium-ion batteries

Jingjing Zhang and Jiachang Zhao

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Vapor-phase derived ultra-fine Bismuth nanoparticles embedded in carbon nanotube networks as anodes for sodium and potassium ion batteries

Jian Yu, Dan Zhao, Chuansheng Ma, Lan Feng, Yonghao Zhang, Lifeng Zhang, Yi Liu and Shouwu Guo

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 643, 409
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Development of Metal and Metal-Based Composites Anode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries

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Harmonized edge/graphitic‐nitrogen doped carbon nanopolyhedron@nanosheet composite via salt‐confined strategy for advanced K‐ion hybrid capacitors

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Carbon nanotubes-based anode materials for potassium ion batteries: A review

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Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2022, 907, 116051
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Initiating Reversible Aqueous Copper–Tellurium Conversion Reaction with High Volumetric Capacity through Electrolyte Engineering

Yuanhe Sun, Yuanxin Zhao, Qi Lei, Wei Du, Zeying Yao, Wei Zhang, Jingying Si, Zhiguo Ren, Jige Chen, Yi Gao, Wen Wen, Renzhong Tai, Xiaolong Li and Daming Zhu

Advanced Materials, 2023, 35
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3D Micro‐Flower Structured BiFeO3 Constructing High Energy Efficiency/Stability Potassium Ion Batteries Over Wide Temperature Range

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Adv Funct Materials, 2024, 34
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