Pore-forming mechanisms and sodium-ion-storage performances in a porous Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 /C composite cathode
Na V (PO ) (NVP) is regarded as one of the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, it suffers from a dense bulk structure and low intrinsic electronic conductivity, which lead to limited electrochemical performances. Herein, we propose a surfactant-assisted molding...
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Published in | Dalton transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 52; no. 15; pp. 4708 - 4716 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
11.04.2023
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Summary: | Na
V
(PO
)
(NVP) is regarded as one of the most promising cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, it suffers from a dense bulk structure and low intrinsic electronic conductivity, which lead to limited electrochemical performances. Herein, we propose a surfactant-assisted molding strategy to regulate the pore-forming process in NVP/C composite cathode materials. More precisely, the forming process of the pores in NVP could be easily controlled by utilizing the huge difference in critical micelle concentration of a surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) in water and ethanol. By reasonably modulating the ratio of water and ethanol in the solution, the as-synthesized NVP/C sample exhibited a three-dimensional interconnected structure with hierarchical micro/meso/macro-pores. Benefiting from these hierarchical porous structures in NVP/C, the structural stability, contact surface with the electrolyte, and electronic/ionic conductivity were improved simultaneously; whereby the optimized porous NVP/C sample exhibited an excellent high-rate performance (61.3 mA h g
at 10 C) and superior cycling stability (90.2% capacity retention after 500 cycles at 10 C). |
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ISSN: | 1477-9226 1477-9234 |
DOI: | 10.1039/D3DT00365E |