By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Chemicals & Chemistry -- Fresh data on Electrochemical Research are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, “Potassium-ion batteries are attracting great attention as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to the abundance and low price of potassium. Herein, the phosphorus/carbon composite, obtained by a simple ball milling of 20 wt% commercial red phosphorus and 80 wt% graphite, is studied as a novel anode for potassium ion batteries.”

Financial supporters for this research include National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the China University of Mining and Technology, “Considering the high theoretical specific capacity of phosphorus and formation of stable phosphorus-carbon bond, which can alleviate the volume expansion efficiently, the phosphorus/carbon composite exhibits a high charge capacity of 323.5 mA h g(-1) after 50 cycles at a current density of 50 mA g-1 with moderate rate capability and cycling stability. By the X-ray diffraction analysis, the alloying-dealloying mechanism of phosphorus is proposed to form a KP phase.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Meanwhile, prepotassiation treatment is conducted to improve the low initial coulomb efficiency.”

For more information on this research see: Enhanced capacity of chemically bonded phosphorus/carbon composite as an anode material for potassium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources , 2018;378():460-467. Journal of Power Sources can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Bv, PO Box 211, 1000 Ae Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Power Sources - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-power-sources/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Q.C. Zhuang, China Univ Min & Technol, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include W. Zhao, H. Wang, X.J. Qi, Z. Xing, X. Wu and Z.C. Ju.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.077. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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CITATION: (2018-04-13), New Findings from China University of Mining and Technology in the Area of Electrochemical Research Described (Enhanced capacity of chemically bonded phosphorus/carbon composite as an anode material for potassium-ion batteries), Chemicals & Chemistry, 2079, ISSN: 1944-1525, BUTTER® ID: 015479714

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