Long description:

Electrochemical potassium storage explores the principles, materials, and technological developments of a variety of battery technologies based on electrochemical potassium storage. It covers the principles of potassium-ion batteries (organic and aqueous electrolytes), potassium metal batteries, potassium-sulfur (selenium) batteries, and potassium-oxygen batteries, as well as the development of the electrode materials of these batteries and the understanding of electrochemical cell operations.

Batteries using potassium ions as the charge carrier to store energy operate via different electrochemical processes and have different features of materials electrochemistry compared to lithium-based batteries. Thus, battery technologies based on electrochemical potassium storage exhibit different performance strengths, potentially having diverse market applications. This is particularly important for the search for environmentally and economically sustainable alternatives to conventional lithium-ion batteries in a wide range of applications.

This book presents the state-of-the-art development of potassium-based batteries and in-depth discussion on their structure-to-performance relationships.

Table of Contents:

1: Potassium-ion battery cathode - layered transition metal oxides
2: Potassium-ion battery cathode - Prussian blue analogues
3: Potassium-ion battery cathode - polyanionic compounds
4: Potassium-ion battery anode - carbon
5: Potassium-ion battery anode - alloys
6: Potassium-ion battery anode - metal sulfides
7: Potassium-ion battery cathode and anode - organic materials
8: Organic electrolytes for potassium-ion battery
9: Aqueous potassium-ion battery
10: Potassium/sulfur and potassium/selenium batteries
11: Potassium metal battery
12: Potassium anode-free (anode-less) battery
13: Potassium-oxygen battery