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Mn-locking effect by anionic coordination manipulation stabilizing Mn-rich phosphate cathodes

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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 14, Issue 32, Pages 8662-8671

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03095d

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This study proposes a light-weight fluorine (F) doping strategy for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. The strategy improves the energy gap, structural stability, and electronic conductivity of manganese-rich phosphate cathodes. Experimental results show that this strategy enables outstanding rate performance and cycling stability.
High-voltage cathodes with high power and stable cyclability are needed for high-performance sodium-ion batteries. However, the low kinetics and inferior capacity retention from structural instability impede the development of Mn-rich phosphate cathodes. Here, we propose light-weight fluorine (F) doping strategy to decrease the energy gap to 0.22 eV from 1.52 eV and trigger a Mn-locking effect-to strengthen the adjacent chemical bonding around Mn as confirmed by density functional theory calculations, which ensure the optimized Mn ligand framework, suppressed Mn dissolution, improved structural stability and enhanced electronic conductivity. The combination of in situ and ex situ techniques determine that the F dopant has no influence on the Na+ storage mechanisms. As a result, an outstanding rate performance up to 40C and an improved cycling stability (1000 cycles at 20C) are achieved. This work presents an effective and widely available light-weight anion doping strategy for high-performance polyanionic cathodes.

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