Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 5, Issue 37, Pages 20005-20013Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ta05852g
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project [11404232, 21403147, 51472173, 51522208, 51572180]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20140302, SBK2015010320]
- Soochow University-Western University Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology (NANO-CIC), Soochow University
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Nanostructured TiO2 is a promising anode material for Na-ion batteries. In this work, we present a comparative study of anatase and B-phase TiO2 nanowires used for this purpose. We employ X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory in addition to standard characterization methods to reveal that Na is inserted into both anatase and B-phase nanowires, and that the reversible (de) sodiation capacity is almost the same for both. However the long-term stability of anatase-based Na-ion batteries is poorer than B-phase-based Na-ion batteries. We propose this is due to the irreversible formation of NaxTiO2 near the surface, which blocks Na diffusion. Improved Na-ion battery performance may therefore be obtained using TiO2(B) anodes and by choosing nanostructure geometries with rough surfaces, limiting the unwanted blocking ability of surface barrier layers.
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