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Low-temperature-pyrolysis preparation of nanostructured graphite towards rapid potassium storage with high initial Coulombic efficiency

Jingke Ren1,§, Boyu Xing1,§, Wen Luo2( ), Binyang Luo1, Xinfei Wu1, Xin Yan2, Wencong Feng1, Feiyue Wang1, Chaojie Cheng1, Liqiang Mai1( )
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Department of Physics, School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China

§ Jingke Ren and Boyu Xing contributed equally to this work.

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The nanostructured graphite prepared by the one-pot method at low temperature has a stable conductive three-dimensional (3D) structure, which can reduce the polarization of the graphite electrode and stabilize potassium storage at high current density.

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Industrially prepared artificial graphite (AG) is attractive for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), but its rate performance is poor and the production process is energy intensive, so developing an efficient strategy to produce novel graphite with low energy consumption and high performance is economically important. Herein, a nanostructured graphite composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphite shells was prepared by one-pot method through low-temperature pyrolysis of iron-based metal-organic framework (MOF) and carbon source. The high graphitization degree of nanostructured graphite makes the initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) exceed 80%, and the three-dimensional (3D) conductive network ensures a specific capacity of 234 mAh·g−1 after 1000 cycles at a high current density of 500 mA·g−1. In addition, the typical graphite potassium storage mechanism is also demonstrated by in situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and in situ Raman spectroscopy, and its practicality is also proved by the voltage of the full cells. This work provides a feasible way to optimize the practical production process of AG and expand its application in energy storage.

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graphite anodepotassium-ion batterieshigh graphitization degreelow-temperature pyrolysisinitial Coulombic efficiency

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 6,
June 2024
Pages 5138-5147
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6429-4
Cite this article:
Ren J, Xing B, Luo W, et al. Low-temperature-pyrolysis preparation of nanostructured graphite towards rapid potassium storage with high initial Coulombic efficiency. Nano Research, 2024, 17(6): 5138-5147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6429-4
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Received: 07 November 2023
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Published: 25 January 2024
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