Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105285
Keywords
P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2; Anionic redox reactions; Na-ion battery; Charge compensation mechanisms; DFT calculation; Layered sodium transition metal oxide
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFB0905400, 2016YFB0901502]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21761132030, 21935009, 51972257]
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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The search for high-energy batteries has promoted intense attention to anionic redox in layered transition metal oxides because of their ability of delivering much higher capacity than traditional cathodes. P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 electrode exhibits outstanding air-stability and high average potential. Very recently, the anionic redox in this promising sodium cathode has been evidenced by mapping of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. However, the origin of this oxygen redox has not been recognized yet. Here, based on the combination of X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we demonstrate that with the remove of Na+, the Ni2+ oxidized to Ni3+ and followed by the oxidation of lattice oxygen. Our DFT calculation further confirms that the oxygen redox in Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 is rooted from Ni-O anti-bonding (eg*) state rather than the non-bonding O-2p band and result in the highly reversible oxygen redox reactions without O-2 loss. Moreover, at very low sodium contents, it is highly possible that a charge redistribution process between the Ni and O ions occurs, which results in the inconsistent experimental observations in previous references.
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