A potassium-ion battery or K-ion battery (abbreviated as KIB) is a type of battery and analogue to lithium-ion batteries, using potassium ions for charge transfer instead of lithium ions. It was invented by the Iranian/American chemist Ali Eftekhari (President of the American Nano Society) in 2004. . The prototype device used a anode and a compound as the material for its high electrochemical stability. The prototype was successfully used for more than 500. . In 2005, a potassium battery that uses molten electrolyte of was patented. In 2007, Chinese company Starsway Electronics marketed the first. . The interesting and unique feature of the potassium-ion battery in comparison with other types of batteries is that life on Earth is based on biological potassium-ion batteries. K is the key charge carrier. . After the invention of potassium-ion battery with the prototype device, researchers have increasingly been focusing on enhancing the . Along with the, potassium-ion is the prime chemistry replacement candidate for lithium-ion batteries. The potassium-ion has certain advantages over similar lithium-ion (e.g., lithium-ion. . Researchers demonstrated a potassium-air battery (K-O2) with low overpotential. Its charge/discharge potential gap of about 50 mV is the lowest reported value in ..
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