Issue 26, 2024

A synergistic pinning effect in a layer-structured oxide cathode for enhancing stability towards potassium-ion batteries

Abstract

Manganese based layer-structured transition-metal oxides are regarded as excellent cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) due to their excellent industrial processing feasibility and high voltage platform. However, the energy density and cycling lifetime cannot simultaneously satisfy the basic requirements of the market for energy storage systems. One of the primary causes results from the complex structural transformation and transition metal migration during the potassium intercalation/deintercalation process. Constructing a low-strain host with minimal lattice volume change, maintaining the Mn3+/Mn4+ valence state balance and suppressing the Jahn–Teller effect, has emerged as an excellent approach to improving structural and electrochemical stability. A P3-K0.5Mn0.87Co0.05Fe0.05Li0.03O2 was synthesized and employed as a cathode material. It effectively preserves the orbital and electronic integrity of octahedral center metal elements, mitigating the Jahn–Teller distortion caused by Mn3+ and stabilizing the lamellar structure by suppressing harmful phase transitions. Excellent rate performance over a wide voltage range of 1.5 to 4.0 V was exhibited. It has initial specific capacities of 107.1 and 100.87 mA h g−1 at 20 and 50 mA g−1, with capacity retentions of 82.3% and 99.2% after 100 cycles, respectively. Even at the high current densities of 200 mA g−1 and 500 mA g−1, the initial capacity retention reached 88.5% and 74.56% after 300 and 900 cycles, respectively.

Graphical abstract: A synergistic pinning effect in a layer-structured oxide cathode for enhancing stability towards potassium-ion batteries

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Apr 2024
Accepted
12 May 2024
First published
14 May 2024

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 15676-15684

A synergistic pinning effect in a layer-structured oxide cathode for enhancing stability towards potassium-ion batteries

X. Gao, S. Wang, Q. Li, R. Yang, Z. Liu and W. Luo, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 15676 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA02504K

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