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Vol. 11 (2019)

Tuning Metallic Co0.85Se Quantum Dots/Carbon Hollow Polyhedrons with Tertiary Hierarchical Structure for High-Performance Potassium Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0326-5
Zhiwei Liu
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Kun Han
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Ping Li
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Wei Wang
Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio‑inspired Energy Materials and Devices, School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Donglin He
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Qiwei Tan
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Leying Wang
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Yang Li
Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3A7, Canada
Mingli Qin
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
Xuanhui Qu
Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Wei Wang

wwang3@g.harvard.edu

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 11 (2019), Article Number: 96

Abstract

Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) are a potential candidate to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) but possess unsatisfactory capacity and rate properties. Herein, the metallic cobalt selenide quantum dots (Co0.85Se-QDs) encapsulated in mesoporous carbon matrix were designed via a direct hydrothermal method. Specifically, the cobalt selenide/carbon composite (Co0.85Se-QDs/C) possesses tertiary hierarchical structure, which is the primary quantum dots, the secondary petals flake, and the tertiary hollow micropolyhedron framework. Co0.85Se-QDs are homogenously embedded into the carbon petals flake, which constitute the hollow polyhedral framework. This unique structure can take the advantages of both nanoscale and microscale features: Co0.85Se-QDs can expand in a multidimensional and ductile carbon matrix and reduce the K-intercalation stress in particle dimensions; the micropetals can restrain the agglomeration of active materials and promote the transportation of potassium ion and electron. In addition, the hollow carbon framework buffers volume expansion, maintains the structural integrity, and increases the electronic conductivity. Benefiting from this tertiary hierarchical structure, outstanding K-storage performance (402 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 50 mA g−1) is obtained when Co0.85Se-QDs/C is used as KIBs anode. More importantly, the selenization process in this work is newly reported and can be generally extended to prepare other quantum dots encapsulated in edge-limited frameworks for excellent energy storage.


Highlights:


1 Metallic cobalt selenide quantum dots encapsulated in mesoporous carbon matrix were prepared via a direct hydrothermal method.
2 The cobalt selenide/carbon composite (Co0.85Se-QDs/C) possesses tertiary hierarchical structure, which is the primary quantum dots, the secondary petals flake, and the tertiary hollow micropolyhedron framework.
3 Benefiting from this tertiary hierarchical structure, the Co0.85Se-QDs/C electrode as potassium-ion batteries anode shows an outstanding K-storage performance.

Keywords

Cobalt selenides Quantum dots Potassium-ion batteries Tertiary hierarchical structure Hollow dodecahedron
Liu, Zhiwei, Kun Han, Ping Li, Wei Wang, Donglin He, Qiwei Tan, Leying Wang, Yang Li, Mingli Qin, and Xuanhui Qu. 2019. “Tuning Metallic Co0.85Se Quantum Dots/Carbon Hollow Polyhedrons With Tertiary Hierarchical Structure for High-Performance Potassium Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 11 (November):96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-019-0326-5.
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