ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Apr 29;7(16):8585-91. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b00594. Epub 2015 Apr 15.

Improved Electrochemical Performance of Fe-Substituted NaNi0.5Mn0.5O2 Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries.

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Ding D Yuan, Yan X Wang, Yu L Cao, Xin P Ai, Han X Yang

PMID: 25849200 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00594

Abstract

A series of O3-phase NaFe(x)(Ni0.5Mn0.5)(1-x)O2 (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 1) samples with different Fe contents was prepared and investigated as high-capacity cathodic hosts of Na-ion batteries. The partial substitution of Ni and Mn with Fe in the O3-phase lattice can greatly improve the electrochemical performance and the structural stability. A NaFe0.2Mn0.4Ni0.4O2 cathode with an optimized Fe content of x = 0.2 can deliver an initial reversible capacity of 131 mAh g(-1), a reversible capacity greater than 95% over 30 cycles, and a high rate capacity of 86 mAh g(-1) at 10 C in a voltage range of 2.0-4.0 V. The structural characterizations reveal that pristine NaMn0.5Ni0.5O2 and Fe-substituted NaFe0.2Mn0.4Ni0.4O2 lattices underwent different phase transformations from P3 to P3″ and from P3 to OP2 phases, respectively, at high voltage interval. The as-resulted OP2 phase by Fe substitution has smaller interslab distance (5.13 Å) than the P3″ phase (5.72 Å), which suppresses the co-insertion of the solvent molecules, the electrolyte anions, or both and therefore enhances the cycling stability in the high voltage charge. This finding suggests a new strategy for creating cycle-stable transition-metal oxide cathodes for high-performance Na-ion batteries.

Keywords: Fe substitution; NaNi0.5Mn0.5O2; sodium-ion batteries; transition metal oxides

Publication Types

• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't