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Title: An Ordered Ni 6 ‐Ring Superstructure Enables a Highly Stable Sodium Oxide Cathode

Abstract

Abstract Sodium‐based layered oxides are among the leading cathode candidates for sodium‐ion batteries, toward potential grid energy storage, having large specific capacity, good ionic conductivity, and feasible synthesis. Despite their excellent prospects, the performance of layered intercalation materials is affected by both a phase transition induced by the gliding of the transition metal slabs and air‐exposure degradation within the Na layers. Here, this problem is significantly mitigated by selecting two ions with very different MO bond energies to construct a highly ordered Ni 6 ‐ring superstructure within the transition metal layers in a model compound (NaNi 2/3 Sb 1/3 O 2 ). By virtue of substitution of 1/3 nickel with antimony in NaNiO 2 , the existence of these ordered Ni 6 ‐rings with super‐exchange interaction to form a symmetric atomic configuration and degenerate electronic orbital in layered oxides can not only largely enhance their air stability and thermal stability, but also increase the redox potential and simplify the phase‐transition process during battery cycling. The findings reveal that the ordered Ni 6 ‐ring superstructure is beneficial for constructing highly stable layered cathodes and calls for new paradigms for better design of layered materials.

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  1. CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100190 P. R. China, School of Chemical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
  2. School of Advanced Materials Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen 518055 P. R. China
  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Beijing 100190 P. R. China
  4. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics CAS Beijing 100190 P. R. China
  5. School of Chemical Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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OSTI Identifier:
1560746
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Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 31 Journal Issue: 43; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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Wang, Peng‐Fei, Weng, Mouyi, Xiao, Yao, Hu, Zongxiang, Li, Qinghao, Li, Meng, Wang, Yi‐Ding, Chen, Xin, Yang, Xinan, Wen, Yuren, Yin, Ya‐Xia, Yu, Xiqian, Xiao, Yinguo, Zheng, Jiaxin, Wan, Li‐Jun, Pan, Feng, and Guo, Yu‐Guo. An Ordered Ni 6 ‐Ring Superstructure Enables a Highly Stable Sodium Oxide Cathode. Germany: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201903483.
Wang, Peng‐Fei, Weng, Mouyi, Xiao, Yao, Hu, Zongxiang, Li, Qinghao, Li, Meng, Wang, Yi‐Ding, Chen, Xin, Yang, Xinan, Wen, Yuren, Yin, Ya‐Xia, Yu, Xiqian, Xiao, Yinguo, Zheng, Jiaxin, Wan, Li‐Jun, Pan, Feng, & Guo, Yu‐Guo. An Ordered Ni 6 ‐Ring Superstructure Enables a Highly Stable Sodium Oxide Cathode. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903483
Wang, Peng‐Fei, Weng, Mouyi, Xiao, Yao, Hu, Zongxiang, Li, Qinghao, Li, Meng, Wang, Yi‐Ding, Chen, Xin, Yang, Xinan, Wen, Yuren, Yin, Ya‐Xia, Yu, Xiqian, Xiao, Yinguo, Zheng, Jiaxin, Wan, Li‐Jun, Pan, Feng, and Guo, Yu‐Guo. Sun . "An Ordered Ni 6 ‐Ring Superstructure Enables a Highly Stable Sodium Oxide Cathode". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903483.
@article{osti_1560746,
title = {An Ordered Ni 6 ‐Ring Superstructure Enables a Highly Stable Sodium Oxide Cathode},
author = {Wang, Peng‐Fei and Weng, Mouyi and Xiao, Yao and Hu, Zongxiang and Li, Qinghao and Li, Meng and Wang, Yi‐Ding and Chen, Xin and Yang, Xinan and Wen, Yuren and Yin, Ya‐Xia and Yu, Xiqian and Xiao, Yinguo and Zheng, Jiaxin and Wan, Li‐Jun and Pan, Feng and Guo, Yu‐Guo},
abstractNote = {Abstract Sodium‐based layered oxides are among the leading cathode candidates for sodium‐ion batteries, toward potential grid energy storage, having large specific capacity, good ionic conductivity, and feasible synthesis. Despite their excellent prospects, the performance of layered intercalation materials is affected by both a phase transition induced by the gliding of the transition metal slabs and air‐exposure degradation within the Na layers. Here, this problem is significantly mitigated by selecting two ions with very different MO bond energies to construct a highly ordered Ni 6 ‐ring superstructure within the transition metal layers in a model compound (NaNi 2/3 Sb 1/3 O 2 ). By virtue of substitution of 1/3 nickel with antimony in NaNiO 2 , the existence of these ordered Ni 6 ‐rings with super‐exchange interaction to form a symmetric atomic configuration and degenerate electronic orbital in layered oxides can not only largely enhance their air stability and thermal stability, but also increase the redox potential and simplify the phase‐transition process during battery cycling. The findings reveal that the ordered Ni 6 ‐ring superstructure is beneficial for constructing highly stable layered cathodes and calls for new paradigms for better design of layered materials.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201903483},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 43,
volume = 31,
place = {Germany},
year = {Sun Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Sun Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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