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Recent progress in application of cobalt-based compounds as anode materials for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

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Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) are regarded as one of the most promising replacements for lithium-ion batteries because of their low cost and high performance. Exploring suitable anode materials to stably and effectively store potassium is critical for the development of KIBs. Given their high theoretical specific capacity, cobalt-based compounds have been extensively investigated as an anode material in recent years; however, specific reviews summarizing the research progress in the application of cobalt-based compounds as anode materials for high-performance KIBs are lacking. Consequently, this review systematically summarizes the recent states of cobalt-based anode materials in KIBs starting at the potassium storage mechanism, followed by strategies and applications to improve the electrochemical performance. The current challenges are also discussed, and corresponding prospects are proposed. This work may facilitate the realization of various applications of cobalt-based compound anodes for high-performance rechargeable batteries and is expected to provide some guidance for developing other metal-based compounds for KIBs anodes.

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钾离子电池 (KIBs) 因其低成本和高性能而被认为是最有希望的锂离子电池替代品之一。探索合适的负极材料以稳定有效地储存钾对于KIBs的发展至关重要。鉴于其较高的理论比容量, 钴基化合物近年来作为负极材料得到了广泛的研究。然而, 缺乏总结钴基化合物作为高性能 KIBs负极材料研究进展的具体综述。因此, 本综述从钾的储存机制以及提高电化学性能的策略和应用开始系统地总结了钴基负极材料在KIBs中的最新状况, 还讨论了当前的挑战, 并提出了相应的前景。这项工作有助于实现钴基复合负极在高性能可充电电池中的各种应用, 并有望为开发其他用于 KIBs负极的金属基化合物提供一些指导。

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22008053 and 52002111), Key Research and Development Program of Hebei Province (Nos. 20310601D and 205A4401D), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. B2021208061), the High Level Talents Funding of Hebei Province (No. A202005006), the Science Foundation of University of Hebei Province (Nos. BJ2020026 and BJ2021001), Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program (No. XLYC2008014). We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.cn) for English language editing.

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    Ya-Chuan Shao, Bo Wang, Di Zhang & Zhao-Jin Li

  3. Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, and Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Yi-min A. Wu

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Yuan, F., Shao, YC., Wang, B. et al. Recent progress in application of cobalt-based compounds as anode materials for high-performance potassium-ion batteries. Rare Met. 41, 3301–3321 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02052-8

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