Constructing oxygen-deficient V2O3 @C nanospheres for high performance potassium ion batteries

作者：Deng, Qiang; Wang, Luolan; Li, Jing; Cheng, Qian; Liu, Xiaozhao; Chen, Changdong; Zhang, Qimeng; Zhong, Wentao; Wang, Hua; Wu, Lijue; Yang, Chenghao^*

来源：CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS, 2023, 34(3): 107372.

DOI：10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.095

• Nanospheres
• Oxygen deficiency
• Potassium ion batteries
• Anode
• V 2 O 3 @C

Potassium ion batteries (PIBs) have been regarded as promising alternatives to lithium ion batteries (LIBs) on account of their abundant resource and low cost in large scale energy storage applications. However, it still remains great challenges to explore suitable electrode materials that can reversibly accommo-date large size of potassium ions. Here, we construct oxygen-deficient V2O3 nanoparticles encapsulated in amorphous carbon shell (Od-V2O3 @C) as anode materials for PIBs by subtly combining the strategies of morphology and deficiency engineering. The MOF derived nanostructure along with uniform carbon coating layer can not only enables fast K + migration and charge transfer kinetics, but also accommodate volume change and maintain structural stability. Besides, the introduction of oxygen deficiency intrinsi-cally tunes the electronic structure of materials according to DFT calculation, and thus lead to improved electrochemical performance. When utilized as anode for PIBs, Od-V2O3 @C electrode exhibits superior rate capability (reversible capacities of 262.8, 227.8, 201.5, 179.8, 156.9 mAh/g at 10 0, 20 0, 50 0, 10 0 0 and 20 0 0 mA/g, respectively), and ultralong cycle life (127.4 mAh/g after 10 0 0 cycles at 2 A/g). This study demonstrates a feasible way to realize high performance PIBs through morphology and deficiency engi-neering.