Efficient K‐Storage of Fe‐Coupled Organic Molecule Anode in Ether‐Based Electrolytes

Abstract Given these advantages of widely designable structures and environmentally friendly characteristics, organic electrode materials (OEMs) are considered to be promising electrode materials for alkaline metal‐ion batteries. However, their large‐scale application is hampered by insufficient specific capacity and rate performance. Here, Fe 2+ is coupled to the anhydride molecule NTCDA to form a novel K‐storage anode Fe‐NTCDA. In this way, the working potential of Fe‐NTCDA anode is reduced, which makes it more suitable to be used as an anode material. Meanwhile, the electrochemical performance is significantly improved due to the increase in K‐storage sites. Moreover, electrolytes regulation is implemented to optimize the K‐storage behavior, resulting into a high specific capacity of 167 mAh/g after 100 cycles at 50 mA/g and 114 mAh/g even at 500 mA/g in the 3 M KFSI/DME electrolytes.