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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 27, Issue -, Pages 168-171Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2012.11.030
Keywords
Copper antimony (Cu2Sb) anodes; Thin film electrodes; Na3Sb composition; X-ray diffraction (XRD); X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
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- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division [DE-SC0005397]
- DOE-BES
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Cu2Sb thin films prepared by magnetron sputtering are evaluated as an anode material for Na-ion batteries. The starting material is composed of nanocrystallites with the desired tetragonal P4/nmm structure. The study of the reaction mechanism reveals the formation of an amorphous/nanocrystalline phase of composition close to Na3Sb as the final reaction product. The solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) material is mostly composed of carbonates (Na2CO3, NaCO3R) and possibly ethers. The Cu2Sb anode possesses moderate capacity retention with a reversible storage capacity (250 mAh/g or 2100 mAh/cm(3)) close to the theoretical value (323 mAh/g), an average reaction potential of around 055 V vs. Na/Na+, and a high rate performance (10 C-rate). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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