@article{Ren2017, 
author = {Xiaodi Ren and Qiang Zhao and William D. McCulloch and Yiying Wu},
title = {MoS2 as a long-life host material for potassium ion intercalation},
year = {2017},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
pages = {1313-1321},
keywords = {MoS2, phase evolution, potassium ion intercalation, potassium battery, potassium ion diffusion},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-016-1419-9},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-016-1419-9},
abstract = {Electrochemical potassium ion intercalation into two-dimensional layered MoS2 was studied for the first time for potential applications in the anode in potassium-based batteries. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that an intercalated potassium compound, hexagonal K0.4MoS2, formed during the intercalation process. Despite the size of K+, MoS2 was a long-life host for repetitive potassium ion intercalation and de-intercalation with a capacity retention of 97.5% after 200 cycles. The diffusion coefficient of the K+ ions in KxMoS2 was calculated based on the Randles-Sevcik equation. A higher K+ intercalation ratio not only encountered a much slower K+ diffusion rate in MoS2, but also induced MoS2 reduction. This study shows that metal dichalcogenides are promising potassium anode materials for emerging K-ion, K-O2, and K-S batteries.}
}