Electrochemical performance of hard carbon negative electrodes for ionic liquid-based sodium ion batteries over a wide temperature range
Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been attracting much attention as promising next-generation energy storage devices for large-scale applications. The major safety issue with SIBs, which arises from the flammability and volatility of conventional organic solvent-based electrolytes, is resolved by ado...
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Published in | Electrochimica acta Vol. 176; no. C; pp. 344 - 349 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Elsevier Ltd
01.09.2015
Elsevier |
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Summary: | Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) have been attracting much attention as promising next-generation energy storage devices for large-scale applications. The major safety issue with SIBs, which arises from the flammability and volatility of conventional organic solvent-based electrolytes, is resolved by adopting an ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte. However, there are only a few reports on the study of negative electrodes in ILs. Here, we report the electrochemical performance of a hard carbon (HC) negative electrode in Na[FSA]-[C3C1pyrr][FSA] (FSA=bis(fluorosulfonyl)amide, C3C1pyrr=N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium) IL over a wide temperature range of −10°C to 90°C. High-temperature operation, which is realized for the first time by using an IL, can take full advantage of the high capacity of HC even at a very high discharge rate of 1000mA (g-HC)−1: the discharge capacity is 230mAh (g-HC)−1 at 90°C and 25mAh (g-HC)−1 at 25°C. Moreover, surprisingly stable cycleability is observed for the HC electrode at 90°C, i.e. a capacity retention ratio of 84% after 500 cycles. Finally, a high full-cell voltage of 2.8V and stable full-cell operation with Coulombic efficiency higher than 99% are achieved for the first time when using NaCrO2 as the positive electrode at 90°C. |
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Bibliography: | 3428 USDOE Office of Electricity (OE), Advanced Grid Research & Development. Power Systems Engineering Research |
ISSN: | 0013-4686 1873-3859 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.024 |