Coronene: A High-Voltage Anion De-insertion Cathode for Potassium-Ion Battery

TL;DR

This paper introduces coronene as a high-voltage organic cathode material for potassium-ion batteries, demonstrating promising performance and broadening the scope of organic energy storage components.

Contribution

It reports coronene's high-voltage (4.1 V) anion de-insertion capability, establishing a new benchmark for organic cathodes in potassium-ion batteries.

Findings

Coronene achieves 4.1 V voltage during operation.

Broadens the class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for battery cathodes.

Sets new performance benchmarks for organic cathode materials.

Abstract

Potassium-ion batteries have been envisioned to herald the age of low-cost and high-performance energy storage systems. However, the sparsity of viable components has dampened the progress of these energy devices. Thus, herein, we report coronene, a high-voltage cathode material that manifests a high-voltage of $4.1 \rm V$ enkindled by anion (de)insertion. This work not only illuminates the broad class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as prospective cathode materials but also sets a new benchmark for the performance of future organic cathode materials.