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Tunable 2D tremella-derived carbon nanosheets with enhanced pseudocapacitance behavior for ultrafast potassium-ion storage

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The sluggish intercalation kinetics of potassium ions in various anode materials severely hinders the practical application of potassium ion batteries (PIBs) in the field of new energy storage. To overcome this difficulty, we developed a green and recyclable molten-salt (MS) strategy using natural tremella as raw material to construct self-N-doped two-dimensional (2D) tremella-derived carbon nanosheets (TCNs), which possesses large specific surface area (SSA), expanded interlayer spacing and rich defects/active sites. Thanks to the unique 2D nanosheet structure and self-N do**, TCNs800 electrode exhibits superior K+ storage capacity (386.3 mA h g−1 at 0.1 A g−1), ultrafast rate performance (119.7 mA h g−1 at 2.0 A g−1) and long-term cycling stability (122.9 mA h g−1 with the Coulombic efficiency of near 100% after 1000 cycles). Moreover, detailed electrochemical kinetic analysis shows that the potassium-ion storage mechanism of TCNs800 electrode has enhanced by the pseudocapacitance-controlled behavior. This work proves an effective green and environmentally friendly MS strategy to prepare 2D biomass nanosheet materials, and provides a reference for exploring excellent electrode materials with pseudocapacitance-controlled behavior.

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    LingFeng Zhu, Ze Zhang, Hai Zhang, Yun Wang, **Di Luo, Ji Yu & ZhenYu Yang

  2. Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Sensors, School of Physics, Communication and Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 330022, China

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21863006, 51662029, 21365013 and 51704134), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Grant Nos. 20192ACB21010 and 20202ACB202004).

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Tunable 2D Tremella-Derived Carbon Nanosheets with Enhanced Pseudocapacitance Behavior for Ultrafast Potassium-Ion Storage

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Zhu, L., Zhang, Z., Zhang, H. et al. Tunable 2D tremella-derived carbon nanosheets with enhanced pseudocapacitance behavior for ultrafast potassium-ion storage. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 64, 2047–2056 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-021-1835-8

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