Solid-state
potassium batteries are potentially supplementary to
lithium batteries in large-scale energy storage due to their low cost,
high safety, and energy density. However, potassium-ion solid electrolytes
are quite limited and deliver lower ionic conductivities than lithium
or sodium counterparts. Herein, K2Mg2TeO6, an underexplored potassium-ion solid electrolyte with comparable
high ionic conductivity, the capability to suppress metallic K dendrites,
and mechanical-chemical and electrochemical stabilities against the
metallic K anode, is reported. High potassium-ion conductivities of
1.65 × 10–6 S cm–1 at 20
°C and 5.15 × 10–5 S cm–1 at 120 °C are achieved. An ultrastable K stripping/plating
behavior is implemented for 500 h under 0.02 mA cm–2, and the critical current density reaches 0.14 mA cm–2 at 60 °C. Cells coupling the KC composite anode and Prussian
blue cathode deliver good rate performance (1 C, ∼64 mAh g–1) and long-term cycling stability of 400 cycles with
a capacity retention of 94%.