Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages 329-336Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.05.083
Keywords
Sodium ion anode; Tin antimony (SnSb); Antimony (Sb); X-ray diffraction (XRD); Sn-119 Mossbauer spectroscopy; Sb-121 Mossbauer spectroscopy
Funding
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Basic Energy Sciences (BES
- Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
- ORNL's Shared Research Equipment (ShaRE) User Program
- Center for Laser Applications
- University of Tennessee Space Institute in relation
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The electrochemical reaction of Sb and SnSb anodes with Na results in the formation of amorphous materials. To understand the resulting phases and electrochemical capacities we studied the local order using Sn-119 and Sb-121 Mossbauer spectroscopies in conjunction with measurements performed on model powder compounds of Na-Sn and Na Sb to further clarify the reactions steps. For pure Sb the sodiation starts with the formation of an amorphous phase composed of atomic environments similar to those found in NaSb, and proceeds further by the formation of crystalline Na3Sb. The reversible reaction takes place during a large portion of the charge process. At full charge the anode material still contains a substantial fraction of Na, explaining the lack of recrystallization into crystalline Sb. The reaction of SnSb yields Na3Sb at full discharge at higher temperatures (65 and 95 degrees C) while the RT reaction yields amorphous compounds. The electrochemically-driven, solid-state amorphization reaction occurring at RI is governed by the simultaneous formation of Na-coordinated Sn and Sb environments, as monitored by the decrease (increase) of the (119)sn No) Mossbauer isomer shifts. Overall, the monitoring of the hyperfine parameters enables to correlate changes in Na content to the local chemical environments. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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