Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 3590-3595Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b16402
Keywords
Na3V2(PO4)(3); microspheres; carbon nanotubes; amorphous carbon; sodium ion batteries
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51502350, 51472272]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M592447]
- International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program [155212]
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A novel cathode material, carbon nanotube (CNT)-decorated Na3V2(PO4)(3) (NVP) microspheres, was designed and synthesized via spray-drying and carbothermal reduction methods. The microspheres were covered and embedded by CNTs, the surfaces of which were also covered by amorphous carbon layers. Thus, a carbon network composed of CNTs and amorphous carbon layers formed in the materials. The polarization of a 10 wt % CNT-decorated NVP (NVP/C10) electrode was much less compared with that of the electrode with pristine NVP without CNTs. The capacity of the NVP/C10 electrode only decreased from 103.2 to 76.2 mAh g(-1) when the current rates increased from 0.2 to 60 C. Even when cycled at a rate of 20 C, the initial discharge capacity of the NVP/C10 electrode was as high as 91.2 mAh g(-1), and the discharge capacity was 76.9 mAh g(-1) after 150 cycles. The charge-transfer resistance and ohmic resistance became smaller because of CNT decorating. Meanwhile, the addition of CNTs can tune the size of the NVP particles and increase the contact area between NVP and the electrolyte. Consequently, the resulted NVP had a larger sodium ion diffusion coefficient than that of the pristine NVP.
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