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SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS
Volume 63, Issue 7, Pages 1163-1170Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s40843-020-1274-0
Keywords
K0.7Mn0.7Ni0.3O2; K+ pre-intercalation; enlarged layered structure; high energy density; sodium-ion batteries
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51872218, 51832004]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFA0202603]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WUT: 2017III009]
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As promising, low-cost alternatives of lithiumion batteries for large-scale electric energy storage, sodiumion batteries (SIBs) have been studied by many researchers. However, the relatively large size of Na+ leads to sluggish diffusion kinetics and poor cycling stability in most cathode materials, restricting their further applications. In this work, we demonstrated a novel K+-intercalated Mn/Ni-based layered oxide material (K0.7Mn0.7Ni0.3O2, denoted as KMNO) with stabilized and enlarged diffusion channels for high energy density SIBs. A spontaneous ion exchange behavior in forming K0.1Na0.7Mn0.7Ni0.3O2 between the KMNO electrode and the sodium ion electrolyte was clearly revealed by in situ X-ray diffraction and ex situ inductively coupled plasma analysis. The interlayer space varied from 6.90 to 5.76 angstrom, larger than that of Na0.7Mn0.7Ni0.3O2 (5.63 angstrom). The enlarged ionic diffusion channels can effectively increase the ionic diffusion coefficient and simultaneously provide more K+ storage sites in the product framework. As a proof-of-concept application, the SIBs with the as-prepared KMNO as a cathode display a high reversible discharge capacity (161.8 mA h g(-1) at 0.1 A g(-1)), high energy density (459 W h kg(-1)) and superior rate capability of 71.1 mA h g(-1) at 5 A g(-1). Our work demonstrates that the K+ pre-intercalation strategy endows the layered metal oxides with excellent sodium storage performance, which provides new directions for the design of cathode materials for various batteries.
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