Citation: Yanmei Gan, Jiajie Zhu, Qixin Zhang, Chaoying Wang, Lunhui Guan, Yi Zhao. Boosting Stable and Fast Potassium Storage of Iron Sulfide through Rational Yolk-Shell Design and Ni Doping[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2022, 41(5): 220503. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2022-0044 shu

Boosting Stable and Fast Potassium Storage of Iron Sulfide through Rational Yolk-Shell Design and Ni Doping

Yanmei Gan ^{1, 2, 3} ,
Jiajie Zhu ⁴ ,
Qixin Zhang ^{2, 3} ,
Chaoying Wang ² ,
Lunhui Guan ³ ,
Yi Zhao ^2,,

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College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Straits Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
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CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350108, China
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School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Corresponding author: Yi Zhao, ifeyzhao@fjnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 28 February 2022
Accepted Date: 4 April 2022

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Metal sulfides have been regarded as promising anodes for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) due to their high theoretical capacities, while the performance is limited by their intrinsic poor conductivity and large volume fluctuation during the insertion/extraction of large potassium ion. Herein, the battery performance of iron sulfide anode is significantly enhanced through yolk-shell (Y-S) structure design and nickel doping, aiming to realize good structure stability and superior electron/ion transportation. For potassium storage, as-prepared Y-S Ni-FeS₂@C shows excellent cyclic performance and sustains high capacities of 328 mA h g^-1 after 100 cycles at 0.2 A g^-1 and 226 mA h g^-1 after 1000 cycles at 1 A g^-1. Especially, it displays a superior rate capacity of 200 mA h g^-1 at 20 A g^-1, higher than that of Y-S FeS₂@C and most as-reported metal sulfide anodes for PIBs. The experimental analysis and theoretical calculation illuminate the effect of Ni-doping on decreasing the particle size of iron sulfide and enhancing the ion/electron transport ability, thus accounting for the exceptional rate capability of Y-S Ni-FeS₂@C composite.
- FeS₂,
- Ni-doping,
- yolk-shell structure,
- anode,
- potassium-ion batteries
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