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The Electrochemical Society, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 3(163), p. A584-A591

DOI: 10.1149/2.0041605jes

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A Spinel-Integrated P2-Type Layered Composite: High-Rate Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Journal article published in 2016 by Jianming Zheng, Pengfei Yan ORCID, Wang Hay Kan, Chongmin Wang, Arumugam Manthiram
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Abstract

Sodium-ion batteries (SIB) are being intensively investigated, owing to the natural abundance and low cost of Na resources. However, the SIBs still suffer from poor rate capability due to the large ionic radius of Na+ ion and the significant kinetic barrier to Na+-ion transport. Here, we present an Fd-3m spinel-integrated P2-type layered composite (P2 + Fd-3m) material as a high-rate cathode for SIBs. The P2 + Fd-3m composite material Na0.50Ni1/6Co1/6Mn2/3O2 shows significantly enhanced discharge capacity, energy density, and rate capability as compared to the pure P2-type counterpart. The composite delivers a high capacity of 85 mA h g−1 when discharging at a very high current density of 1500 mA g−1 (10 C rate) between 2.0 and 4.5 V, validating it as a promising cathode candidate for high-power SIBs. The superior performance is ascribed to the improved kinetics in the presence of the integrated-spinel phase, which facilitates fast electron transport to coordinate with the timely Na+-ion insertion/extraction. The findings of this work also shed light on the importance of developing lattice doping, surface coating, and electrolyte additives to further improve the structural and interfacial stability of P2-type cathode materials and fully realize their practical applications in sodium-ion batteries.