K-rich potassium copper hexacyanoferrate as a stable cathode material for sodium-ion batteries
摘要
Alkali-metal-rich Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) with low symmetry structure have attracted growing interest for the development of high-performance cathode materials of Na/K-ion batteries. In this study, the K-rich K2Cu[Fe(CN)6] (KCuHCF-T) in triclinic phase has been synthesized by a facile co-precipitation reaction. It reveals that the chelating agent K2EDTA plays a key role in controlling the lattice symmetry of K2Cu[Fe(CN)6]. When tested as cathode material for Na-ion batteries, the K-rich triclinic KCuHCF-T with a negligible content of [Fe(CN)6]4− vacancy and interstitial water delivers much higher reversible capacity and rate capability compared to the cubic phase counterpart. Moreover, the KCuHCF-T cathode enables an excellent capacity retention of 95.1% over 3000 cycles at 0.5 A g−1. The good long-term stability can be ascribed to the pillar effect of K+ ions that can stabilize the framework structure. The results provide valuable information on the electrochemical Na-storage behavior of the alkali-metal-rich PBAs.