Long Cycle Life, Low Self-Discharge Sodium-Selenium Batteries with High Selenium Loading and Suppressed Polyselenide Shuttling

Wang, Hui; Jiang, Yang; Manthiram, Arumugam

doi:10.1002/aenm.201701953

Long Cycle Life, Low Self-Discharge Sodium-Selenium Batteries with High Selenium Loading and Suppressed Polyselenide Shuttling

Journal Article · Wed Nov 08 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701953· OSTI ID:1596645

Wang, Hui ^[1]; Jiang, Yang ^[2]; ^[3]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Hefei Univ. of Technology (China); University of Texas at Austin
Hefei Univ. of Technology (China)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

The utilization of selenium as a cathode in rechargeable sodium–selenium batteries is hampered by low Se loading, inferior electrode kinetics, and polyselenide shuttling between the cathode and anode. Here a high-performance sodium–selenium cell is presented by coupling a binder-free, self-interwoven carbon nanofiber–selenium cathode with a light-weight carbon-coated bifunctional separator. With this strategy, electrodes with a high Se mass loading (4.4 mg cm^-2) render high reversible capacities of 599 mA h g^-1 at 0.1C rate and 382 mA h g^-1 at 5C rate. In addition, this novel cell offers good shelf-life with a low self-discharge, retaining 93.4% of its initial capacity even after resting for six months. As evidenced by experimental and density functional theory analysis, the remarkable dynamic (cycle life) and static (shelf-life) stabilities originate from the high electrical conductivity, improved Na-ion accessibility through the 3D interconnected open channels, and highly restrained polyselenide shuttle. The findings demonstrate the viability of high-performance sodium–selenium batteries with high selenium loading.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: China Scholarship Council; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0005397

OSTI ID:: 1596645

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1408155
OSTI ID: 1537409

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 8; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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