Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 16, Issue 1, 001(2024)

Layered Potassium Titanium Niobate/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite as a Potassium-Ion Battery Anode

Charlie A. F. Nason, Ajay Piriya Vijaya Kumar Saroja, Yi Lu, Runzhe Wei, Yupei Han, and Yang Xu*
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  • Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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    With graphite currently leading as the most viable anode for potassium-ion batteries (KIBs), other materials have been left relatively under-examined. Transition metal oxides are among these, with many positive attributes such as synthetic maturity, long-term cycling stability and fast redox kinetics. Therefore, to address this research deficiency we report herein a layered potassium titanium niobate KTiNbO5 (KTNO) and its rGO nanocomposite (KTNO/rGO) synthesised via solvothermal methods as a high-performance anode for KIBs. Through effective distribution across the electrically conductive rGO, the electrochemical performance of the KTNO nanoparticles was enhanced. The potassium storage performance of the KTNO/rGO was demonstrated by its first charge capacity of 128.1 mAh g-1 and reversible capacity of 97.5 mAh g-1 after 500 cycles at 20 mA g-1, retaining 76.1% of the initial capacity, with an exceptional rate performance of 54.2 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1. Furthermore, to investigate the attributes of KTNO in-situ XRD was performed, indicating a low-strain material. Ex-situ X-ray photoelectron spectra further investigated the mechanism of charge storage, with the titanium showing greater redox reversibility than the niobium. This work suggests this low-strain nature is a highly advantageous property and well worth regarding KTNO as a promising anode for future high-performance KIBs.

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    Charlie A. F. Nason, Ajay Piriya Vijaya Kumar Saroja, Yi Lu, Runzhe Wei, Yupei Han, Yang Xu. Layered Potassium Titanium Niobate/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite as a Potassium-Ion Battery Anode[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jun. 29, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 24, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Xu Yang (y.xu.1@ucl.ac.uk)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-023-01222-2

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