Green and facile synthesis of nanosized polythiophene as an organic anode for high-performance potassium-ion battery

In this work, nanosized polythiophene (PTh) is synthesized via a green and facile method. The obtained nanosized PTh was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller theory (BET) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The result indicated that a nanosized, porous and amorphous PTh was synthesized. As an organic anode material for potassium ion battery, the PTh shows excellent performance with a reversible capacity of 58[Formula: see text]mAh[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text] at 30[Formula: see text]mA[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text].