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Shpilʹraĭn, Ė. Ė.; Savchenko, V.A.; Mozgovoi, A. G.; Skovorod’ko, S. N.

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“…K–Na alloys have a eutectic below room temperature . Moreover, sodium and potassium are more than a thousand times more abundant than lithium and are widely accessible in the oceans, so they have greater market potential for large‐capacity batteries.…”

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Liquid K–Na Alloy Anode Enables Dendrite‐Free Potassium Batteries

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Liquid K–Na Alloy Anode Enables Dendrite‐Free Potassium Batteries

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“…The Na:K ratio was chosen to be 30:70 as it is near the optimal ratio for the alloy to stay in a liquid state. 30 Sodium vanadium phosphate (NVP) was used as the cathode since it intercalates only Na + ions and not K + ions, allowing the battery to operate as a NIB. X-ray diffraction pattern and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of the NVP cathode are shown in Figures S1 and S2.…”

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Composition Analysis of the Solid Electrolyte Interface of NaK Anodes in Na-Ion Batteries

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as a promising alternative to Li-ion batteries due to the abundance of sodium. However, anodes in Na-ion batteries face challenges such as dendrite formation and an unstable solid electrolyte interface layer. To address these challenges, NaK liquid metal alloy anodes have been proposed as an alternative because they do not form dendrites. In our study, we demonstrate that the NaK alloy anode interacts with the commonly used ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate electrolyte, leading to a continuously growing unstable SEI layer, evidenced by cycling failures under 100 cycles and an increasing charge transfer resistance in electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies. In situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveal that over the course of cycling the surface of the NaK anode becomes increasingly sodium-rich. After 30 cycles, XPS analysis detects only trace amounts of potassium on the NaK anode surface. When the electrolyte is analyzed postcycling using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, there is a noticeable increase in potassium levels, suggesting that potassium metal dissolves into the electrolyte. The introduction of a 10 wt % fluoroethylene carbonate additive can mitigate this problem to some extent, enabling an enhanced cycling performance of up to 800 cycles at 1C. Nevertheless, the dissolution of K metal is still evident in the XPS results, albeit to a lesser degree. These discoveries provide valuable insights for designing a more robust SEI layer for the NaK anode.

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Liquid Metal for Energy

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Liquid K–Na Alloy Anode Enables Dendrite‐Free Potassium Batteries

Liquid K–Na Alloy Anode Enables Dendrite‐Free Potassium Batteries

Composition Analysis of the Solid Electrolyte Interface of NaK Anodes in Na-Ion Batteries

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