Journal
MATERIALS TODAY NANO
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtnano.2020.100098
Keywords
Sodium-ion battery; Cathode; Sodium iron orthosilicate; Polyanion compound; Fluorine doping; Theoretical capacity
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program [2019YFE0111200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51722105]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LR18B030001]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2018XZZX002-08]
- Australian Research Council [DP160102627]
- ARENA S4 grant
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Orthosilicate compounds are emerging as a promising class of low-cost and intrinsically safe cathodes due to the strong inductive effects of polyanion groups for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries. However, enabling two-electron redox reaction and actualizing the appealing high theoretical capacity of similar to 270 mAh g(-1) for orthosilicates remain challenging. Here, fully reversible two-electron redox reaction in sodium iron orthosilicate cathodes by fluorine doping are reported. Owing to the unlocking of the Fe3+/Fe4+ redox couple, F-doped Na2FeSiO4 displays exceptionally high capacity of 271 mAh g(-)1 that has never been reported for polyanionic cathodes. Based on the newly built crystal structure model of triclinic phase, fluorine doping is demonstrated to greatly promote charge redistribution and accelerate the electron exchange, hosting more sodium ions in the framework and stabilizing Fe4+ containing intermediate phases thermodynamically. The zero-strain characteristics of fluorine-doped orthosilicate ensure its excellent cycling stability with 93.7% capacity retention over 200 cycles. The successful unlocking of the trapped sodium in orthosilicates provides valuable insights and opens up a new avenue for the development of high capacity cathode materials for rechargeable batteries. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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