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Vol. 13 (2021)

Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups Regulating the Carbon/Electrolyte Interfacial Properties Toward Enhanced K+ Storage

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00722-3
Yufan Peng
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Zhen Chen
Electrochemistry I, Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), 89081 Ulm, Germany
Rui Zhang
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Wang Zhou
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Peng Gao
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Jianfang Wu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Hui Liu
College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, People’s Republic of China
Jilei Liu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Aiping Hu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Xiaohua Chen
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan Joint International Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology of Clean Energy, Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Applied Technology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Aiping Hu

hudaaipinghu@126.com

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 192

Abstract

Oxygen-containing functional groups were found to effectively boost the K+ storage performance of carbonaceous materials, however, the mechanism behind the performance enhancement remains unclear. Herein, we report higher rate capability and better long-term cycle performance employing oxygen-doped graphite oxide (GO) as the anode material for potassium ion batteries (PIBs), compared to the raw graphite. The in situ Raman spectroscopy elucidates the adsorption-intercalation hybrid K+ storage mechanism, assigning the capacity enhancement to be mainly correlated with reversible K+ adsorption/desorption at the newly introduced oxygen sites. It is unraveled that the C=O and COOH rather than C-O-C and OH groups contribute to the capacity enhancement. Based on in situ Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra and in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), it is found that the oxygen-containing functional groups regulate the components of solid electrolyte interphase (SEI), leading to the formation of highly conductive, intact and robust SEI. Through the systematic investigations, we hereby uncover the K+ storage mechanism of GO-based PIB, and establish a clear relationship between the types/contents of oxygen functional groups and the regulated composition of SEI.


Highlights:


1 Oxygen functional groups improve rate capability as well as long-term cycling stability of graphite oxide.
2 The adsorption-intercalation hybrid K+ storage mechanism of graphite oxide (GO) is elucidated by in situ Raman spectroscopy and systematic electrochemical characterization.
3 It is unraveled that the C = O and COOH rather than C-O-C and OH groups contribute to the formation of highly conductive, intact and robust solid electrolyte interphase.

Keywords

Oxygen-containing functional groups Solid electrolyte interphase In situ spectroscopic characterization Potassium ion batteries
Peng, Yufan, Zhen Chen, Rui Zhang, Wang Zhou, Peng Gao, Jianfang Wu, Hui Liu, Jilei Liu, Aiping Hu, and Xiaohua Chen. 2021. “Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups Regulating the Carbon/Electrolyte Interfacial Properties Toward Enhanced K+ Storage”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (September):192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00722-3.
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