Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 4413-4420Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7ta00139h
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [21571073, 51302099]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2015CB932600]
- Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2016CFA031]
- Program for HUST Interdisciplinary Innovation Team [2015ZDTD038]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central University
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Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are considered to be a promising alternative to lithium ion batteries because of the high abundance of sodium. However, the scarcities of suitable anode materials severely hamper the development of SIBs. Here, we synthesized a GeP5/C composite with binary sodium-reactive components on a large scale. Theoretically, it can promise a capacity of 1888 mA h g(-1) or 6891 mA h cm(-3), which is the best record in anodes for SIBs reported so far. In practice, the GeP5/C showed a low potential of approximate to 0.4 V vs. Na+/Na with a smooth charge/discharge profile. It delivered a large reversible capacity of 1250 mA h g(-1) with a first coulombic efficiency of 93%. Electrochemical-mechanism studies suggested that the formation of a GeP5 phase endowed a high first coulombic efficiency and synergetic effect between the sodiation of Ge and P. This effect smoothly leveled the multistep plateaus and effectively reduced the polarization between charge/discharge. When applied to a full cell by coupling a Na3V2(PO4)(3)/C cathode, the assembled Na3V2(PO4)(3)//GeP5 full cell showed a large capacity of 800 mA h g(-1) with a high average output voltage of 2.65 V. The excellent sodium-storage performances of GeP5/C will ensure commercial utilization in future SIBs.
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