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New Insights in Alkali Metal Ion Batteries: Materials and Properties
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New Insights in Alkali Metal Ion Batteries: Materials and Properties

A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2024) | Viewed by 2197

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zhaomeng Liu

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Institute for Energy Electrochemistry and Urban Mines Metallurgy, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: potassium ion batteries; carbon materials; layered oxide cathode materials
Dr. Junmin Ge

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College of Chemistry & Green Catalysis Center, Zhengzhou University, Henan 450001, China
Interests: potassium ion batteries; sodium ion batteries; Inter-face catalysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The fast-paced development of science and technology has brought unprecedented advances to human society. The continued consumption of fossil fuels has led to the ever-growing demand for clean, renewable, and sustainable energy sources. Electrochemical energy storage systems have ushered in significant development opportunities. Among the various electrical energy systems, alkali metal ion batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion batteries, and potassium ion batteries, have been extensively explored due to their natural abundance and low cost, high security, and environmental friendliness.

The main prerequisite for the future success of alkali metal ion batteries is further improvement of the properties of electrode materials. In addition, new insights regarding the synthesis and characterization of new electrodes and electrolytes are the factors involved in the rapid development of alkali metal ion batteries. Therefore, a state-of-the-art summary of new insights into alkali metal ion batteries: materials, and properties is incredibly important.

The following Special Issue is entitled “New Insights in Alkali Metal Ion Batteries: Materials and Properties”. As part of this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. The papers presented in this Special Issue provide an overview of new insights into alkali metal ion batteries regarding materials and properties. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: the design, synthesis, and characterization of electrode materials and electrolytes and the modified properties of electrodes for alkali metal ion batteries. Your contribution to this Special Issue is highly valuable and appreciated. We invite you to contribute research work that explores new insights into alkali metal ion batteries from a materials and properties perspective. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Zhaomeng Liu
Dr. Junmin Ge
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • potassium ion batteries
  • sodium ion batteries
  • lithium-ion batteries
  • anode materials
  • cathode materials
  • electrolyte
  • carbon materials
  • layer oxide
  • electrochemical properties

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Limited Domain SnSb@N-PC Composite Material as a High-Performance Anode for Sodium Ion Batteries
by Zhaomeng Liu, Hailong Ren, Shizheng Fu, Wentao Yang, Yihua Li, Yang Jiao and Botao Zhang
Inorganics 2024, 12(6), 162; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics12060162 - 7 Jun 2024
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Anode materials have a vital influence on the performance of sodium ion batteries. In this paper, SnSb nanoparticles were distributed uniformly in N-doped three-dimensional porous carbon (SnSb@N-PC), which effectively avoided the agglomeration of alloy nanoparticles and greatly improved the capacity retention rate of [...] Read more.
Anode materials have a vital influence on the performance of sodium ion batteries. In this paper, SnSb nanoparticles were distributed uniformly in N-doped three-dimensional porous carbon (SnSb@N-PC), which effectively avoided the agglomeration of alloy nanoparticles and greatly improved the capacity retention rate of SnSb@N-PC. At the same time, the porous carbon substrate brings higher conductivity, larger specific surface area, and more sodium storage sites, which makes the material obtain excellent sodium storage properties. The first discharge-specific capacity of SnSb@N-PC was 846.3 mAh g−1 at the current density of 0.1 A g−1, and the specific capacity remained at 483 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles. Meanwhile, the specific capacity of SnSb@N-PC was kept at 323 mAh g−1 after 400 cycles at a high current density of 1.5 A g−1, which indicated that the recombination of SnSb with porous carbon played a key role in the electrochemical performance of SnSb. The contribution of capacitance contrast capacity was able to reach more than 90% by the cyclic voltammetry (CV) test at high sweep speed, and larger Na+ diffusivity was obtained by the constant current intermittent titration technique (GITT) test, which explains the good rate performance of SnSb@N-PC. Full article
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Hard Carbon as Anodes for Potassium-Ion Batteries: Developments and Prospects
by Peng Qiu, Haohong Chen, Hanzhi Zhang, Han Wang, Lianhao Wang, Yingying Guo, Ji Qi, Yong Yi and Guobin Zhang
Inorganics 2024, 12(12), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics12120302 - 25 Nov 2024
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Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are regarded as a potential substitute for LIBs owing to the benefits of potassium’s abundance, low cost, and high safety. Nonetheless, the practical implementation of potassium-ion batteries still encounters numerous challenges, with the selection and design of anode materials standing [...] Read more.
Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are regarded as a potential substitute for LIBs owing to the benefits of potassium’s abundance, low cost, and high safety. Nonetheless, the practical implementation of potassium-ion batteries still encounters numerous challenges, with the selection and design of anode materials standing out as a key factor impeding their progress. Hard carbon, characterized by its amorphous structure, high specific surface area, and well-developed pore structure, facilitates the insertion/extraction of potassium ions, demonstrating excellent rate performance and cycling stability. This review synthesizes the recent advancements in hard carbon materials utilized in PIB anodes, with a particular focus on the potassium storage mechanism, electrochemical properties, and modification strategies of hard carbon. Ultimately, we present a summary of the current challenges and future development directions of hard carbon materials, with the objective of providing a reference for the design and optimization of hard carbon materials for PIBs. Full article
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