• 文献标题:   Flowable sulfur template induced fully interconnected pore structures in graphene artefacts towards high volumetric potassium storage
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAN JW, ZHANG C, KONG DB, HE XZ, XIAO J, CHEN FQ, TAO Y, WAN Y, YANG QH
  • 作者关键词:   porous carbon, sulfur, flowable template, volumetric capacity, potassiumion batterie
  • 出版物名称:   NANO ENERGY
  • ISSN:   2211-2855 EI 2211-3282
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shanghai Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104729
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Graphite intercalation compounds are promising anode materials for potassium-ion batteries, but still have problems of sluggish kinetics and a large volume expansion upon potassiation. Porous carbons with a large ion-accessible area used as anode materials can have a high gravimetric capacity and structural stability. However, to avoid a low volumetric performance in porous carbons, an electrode must have both a high density and fast ion-transport channels and these pose stringent requirements for the pore structure. Here we use a flowable sulfur template to produce continually- and precisely-tunable pores in three-dimensional graphene assemblies. During capillary drying of graphene hydrogel, sulfur accompanied with the shrinking graphene sheets controls the formation of pores with precise sizes by tuning the usage. The pores formed are open and interlinked due to the existence of a flowable sulfur template in the graphene network. This obtained graphene-assembly with well-controlled interconnected pores is used as potassium-ion battery anodes and gives a stable cycling performance (500 cycles) and an ultrahigh volumetric capacity.