Understanding the Low-Voltage Hysteresis of Anionic Redox in Na2 Mn 3 O 7
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab); Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing (China)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
he large voltage hysteresis remains one of the biggest barriers to optimizing Li/Na-ion cathodes using lattice anionic redox reaction, despite their very high energy density and relative low-cost. Very recently, a layered sodium cathode Na2Mn3O7 (or Na4/7Mn6/71/7O2, is vacancy) was reported to have reversible lattice oxygen redox with much suppressed voltage hysteresis. However, the structural and electronic structural origin of this small voltage hysteresis has not been well understood. In this article, through systematic studies using ex situ/in situ electron paramagnetic resonance and X-ray diffraction, we demonstrate that the exceptional small voltage hysteresis (< 50mV) between charge and discharge curves is rooted in the well-maintained oxygen stacking sequence in the absence of irreversible gliding of oxygen layers and cation migration from the transition metal (TM) layers. In addition, we further identify that the 4.2 V charge/discharge plateau is associated with a zero-strain (de)intercalation process of Na+ ions from distorted octahedral sites, while the 4.5 V plateau is linked to a reversible shrink/expansion process of the manganese-site vacancy during (de)intercalation of Na+ ions at distorted prismatic sites. As a result, it is expected these findings will inspire further exploration of new cathode materials that can achieve both high energy density and efficiency by using lattice anionic redox.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704; AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1523738
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1512261; OSTI ID: 1558108
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-211621-2019-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 10; ISSN 0897-4756
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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