Two-Dimensional T-NiSe2 as a Promising Anode Material for Potassium-Ion Batteries with Low Average Voltage, High Ionic Conductivity, and Superior Carrier Mobility.

Abstract

Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs) have attracted great attention due to their unique advantages including abundant resources, low redox potential of K, and feasible usage of cheap aluminum current collector in battery assembly. In the present work, through first-principles calculations, we find that the recently synthesized two-dimensional T-NiSe2 is a promising anode material of KIBs. It possesses a large capacity (247 mAh/g), small diffusion barrier (0.05 eV), and low average voltage (0.49 V), rendering T-NiSe2 a high-performance KIB anode candidate. In addition, we analyze the carrier mobility of T-NiSe2, and the results demonstrate that it possesses a superior carrier mobility of 1685 cm2/(V s), showing the potential for applications in nanoelectronic devices.