A high-voltage rechargeable magnesium-sodium hybrid battery
There is a growing global demand for safe and low-cost energy storage technology which triggers strong interests in novel battery concepts beyond state-of-art Li-ion batteries. We report a high-voltage rechargeable Mg–Na hybrid battery featuring dendrite-free deposition of Mg anode and Na-intercalation cathode as a low-cost and safe alternative to Li-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage. A prototype device using a Na 3V 2(PO 4) 3 cathode, a Mg anode, and a Mg–Na dual salt electrolyte exhibits the highest voltage (2.60 V vs. Mg) and best rate performance (86% capacity retention at 10 C rate) among reported hybrid batteries. Synchrotron radiation-based X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), atomic-pair distribution function (PDF), and high-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies reveal the chemical environment and structural change of Na 3V 2(PO 4) 3 cathode during the Na ion insertion/deinsertion process. XANES study shows a clear reversible shift of vanadium K-edge and HRXRD and PDF studies reveal a reversible two-phase transformation and V–O bond length change during cycling. The energy density of the hybrid cell could be further improved by developing electrolytes with a higher salt concentration and wider electrochemical window. Our work represents a significant step forward for practical safe and low-cost hybrid batteries.
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- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering Program
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Electrochemical Materials and Systems Group. Energy and Environment Directorate
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemistry. Texas Center for Superconductivity
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering Program. Texas Center for Superconductivity
- Publication Date:
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-123660
Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855; PII: S2211285517300782
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830; AC02-06CH11357; 57558; N00014-13-1-0543; CMMI-1400261
- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 34; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Research Org:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Houston, TX (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; hybrid Mg–Na ion battery; Na3V2(PO4)3; Mg; XANES; pair density function
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1344910
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1366533; OSTI ID: 1415688