Sustainable Potassium-Ion Battery Anodes Derived from Waste-Tire Rubber. Issue 6 (13th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Yunchao; Adams, Ryan A.; Arora, Anjela; Pol, Vilas G.; Levine, Alan M.; Lee, Richard J.; Akato, Kokouvi; Naskar, Amit K.; Paranthaman, Mariappan Parans
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. Volume 164:Issue 6(2017)
• Page Start: A1234
• Page End: A1238
• Publication Date: 2017-04-13
• Subjects: Electrochemical energy storage -- Low-cost anodes -- Potassium-ion batteries -- Tire Recycling -- Tire-derived carbon; Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; 541.3705
• DOI: 10.1149/2.1391706jes
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-4651

Abstract

Abstract : The recycling of waste-tire rubber is of critical importance since the discarded tires pose serious environmental and health hazards to our society. Here, we report a new application for hard-carbon materials derived from waste-tires as anodes in potassium-ion batteries. The sustainable tire-derived carbons show good reversible potassium insertion at relatively high rates. Long-term stability tests exhibit capacities of 155 and 141 mAh g −1 for carbon pyrolyzed at 1100°C and 1600°C, respectively, after 200 cycles at current rate of C/2. This study provides an alternative solution for inexpensive and environmental benign potassium-ion battery anode materials.