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A High‐Energy‐Density Potassium Battery with a Polymer‐Gel Electrolyte and a Polyaniline Cathode
Author(s) -
Gao Hongcai,
Xue Leigang,
Xin Sen,
Goodenough John B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201802248
Subject(s) - electrolyte , anode , cathode , polyaniline , separator (oil production) , materials science , battery (electricity) , chemical engineering , polymer , potassium , potassium ion battery , overpotential , electrode , inorganic chemistry , electrochemistry , chemistry , composite material , lithium vanadium phosphate battery , polymerization , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , metallurgy , thermodynamics
A safe, rechargeable potassium battery of high energy density and excellent cycling stability has been developed. The anion component of the electrolyte salt is inserted into a polyaniline cathode upon charging and extracted from it during discharging while the K + ion of the KPF 6 salt is plated/stripped on the potassium‐metal anode. The use of a p‐type polymer cathode increases the cell voltage. By replacing the organic‐liquid electrolyte in a glass‐fiber separator with a polymer‐gel electrolyte of cross‐linked poly(methyl methacrylate), a dendrite‐free potassium anode can be plated/stripped, and the electrode/electrolyte interface is stabilized. The potassium anode wets the polymer, and the cross‐linked architecture provides small pores of adjustable sizes to stabilize a solid‐electrolyte interphase formed at the anode/electrolyte interface. This alternative electrolyte/cathode strategy offers a promising new approach to low‐cost potassium batteries for the stationary storage of electric power.