Journal
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages 3680-3688Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01782a
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- US Department of Energy [DE-FG02-96ER45571]
- BATT [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-11-1-0212]
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-96ER45571] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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To evaluate the potential of Na-ion batteries, we contrast in this work the difference between Na-ion and Li-ion based intercalation chemistries in terms of three key battery properties-voltage, phase stability and diffusion barriers. The compounds investigated comprise the layered AMO(2) and AMS(2) structures, the olivine and maricite AMPO(4) structures, and the NASICON A(3)V(2)(PO4)(3) structures. The calculated Na voltages for the compounds investigated are 0.18-0.57 V lower than that of the corresponding Li voltages, in agreement with previous experimental data. We believe the observed lower voltages for Na compounds are predominantly a cathodic effect related to the much smaller energy gain from inserting Na into the host structure compared to inserting Li. We also found a relatively strong dependence of battery properties on structural features. In general, the difference between the Na and Li voltage of the same structure, Delta VNa-Li, is less negative for the maricite structures preferred by Na, and more negative for the olivine structures preferred by Li. The layered compounds have the most negative Delta VNa-Li. In terms of phase stability, we found that open structures, such as the layered and NASICON structures, that are better able to accommodate the larger Na+ ion generally have both Na and Li versions of the same compound. For the close-packed AMPO(4) structures, our results show that Na generally prefers the maricite structure, while Li prefers the olivine structure, in agreement with previous experimental work. We also found surprising evidence that the barriers for Na+ migration can potentially be lower than that for Li+ migration in the layered structures. Overall, our findings indicate that Na-ion systems can be competitive with Li-ion systems.
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