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Advanced Bismuth-Based Anode Materials for Efficient Potassium Storage: Structural Features, Storage Mechanisms and
Yiye Tan1, Fanglan Mo1, Hongyan Li2
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, People's Republic of China.
Nano-Micro Letters
|January 31, 2025
Summary
Bismuth anode materials show promise for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) due to their structure and capacity. Strategies like structural design and compositing are explored to overcome challenges like volume expansion and improve performance.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Electrochemistry
- Energy Storage
Background:
- Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are a promising energy storage technology due to abundant potassium resources.
- Anode materials are critical for the development of high-performance PIBs.
- Bismuth-based materials offer potential as anodes due to layered structures and high theoretical capacity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review strategies for enhancing potassium storage properties of anode materials.
- To highlight recent advances in bismuth-based anode materials for PIBs.
- To analyze structural and modification strategies for improving bismuth anode performance.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of the structure, working mechanism, advantages, and disadvantages of various potassium storage materials.
- Summarization of modification strategies: structural/morphological design, compositing, and electrolyte optimization.
- Elucidation of how these modifications enhance potassium storage performance.
Main Results:
- Bismuth-based anodes exhibit potential but face challenges like volume expansion and sluggish kinetics.
- Various modification strategies significantly improve potassium storage properties.
- Structural and morphological design, compositing, and electrolyte optimization are key to enhancing performance.
Conclusions:
- Bismuth-based materials are viable candidates for PIBs, but challenges remain.
- Strategic material design and optimization are crucial for overcoming limitations.
- Further research is needed to fully realize the potential of bismuth anodes in PIBs.
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