Electrochemical Properties and Challenges of Type II Silicon Clathrate Anode in Sodium Ion Batteries
Abstract
The development of advanced anodes for low-cost room temperature sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) with high cycling stability is of great significance. Silicon clathrates are promising intercalation anodes due to their cage-like frameworks. It is predicted that the open cages can easily accommodate alkali ions with negligible volume changes. However, the complicated surface structure and chemical reactions make it challenging to understand the electrochemical performance of clathrate anodes in SIBs. In this paper, we evaluated the performance of type II clathrate anodes in SIBs. A slightly elevated testing temperature (45 degrees C) is shown to improve the cell capacity and rate performance due to the improved ionic conductivity. However, side reactions on the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and loss of active material during the first sodiation process contribute to the low Coulombic efficiency during the first cycle. Analysis is supported by electrode morphology, elemental mapping, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the clathrate electrodes at different electrochemical states. Na+ ion transport behavior between clathrate cages and surface in terms of migration barriers was also computed to explain the positive effect of higher cell testing temperature, and the low Coulombic efficiency of the first cycle.
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1569447
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5400-73015
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 166; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; sodium ion batteries; type II silicon clathrate; anode performance assessment
Citation Formats
Li, Xuemin, Steirer, K. Xerxes, Krishna, Lakshmi, Xiao, Chuanxiao, Fink, Kae, and Santhanagopalan, Shriram. Electrochemical Properties and Challenges of Type II Silicon Clathrate Anode in Sodium Ion Batteries. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.1201913jes.
Li, Xuemin, Steirer, K. Xerxes, Krishna, Lakshmi, Xiao, Chuanxiao, Fink, Kae, & Santhanagopalan, Shriram. Electrochemical Properties and Challenges of Type II Silicon Clathrate Anode in Sodium Ion Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1201913jes
Li, Xuemin, Steirer, K. Xerxes, Krishna, Lakshmi, Xiao, Chuanxiao, Fink, Kae, and Santhanagopalan, Shriram. Tue .
"Electrochemical Properties and Challenges of Type II Silicon Clathrate Anode in Sodium Ion Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1201913jes. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1569447.
@article{osti_1569447,
title = {Electrochemical Properties and Challenges of Type II Silicon Clathrate Anode in Sodium Ion Batteries},
author = {Li, Xuemin and Steirer, K. Xerxes and Krishna, Lakshmi and Xiao, Chuanxiao and Fink, Kae and Santhanagopalan, Shriram},
abstractNote = {The development of advanced anodes for low-cost room temperature sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) with high cycling stability is of great significance. Silicon clathrates are promising intercalation anodes due to their cage-like frameworks. It is predicted that the open cages can easily accommodate alkali ions with negligible volume changes. However, the complicated surface structure and chemical reactions make it challenging to understand the electrochemical performance of clathrate anodes in SIBs. In this paper, we evaluated the performance of type II clathrate anodes in SIBs. A slightly elevated testing temperature (45 degrees C) is shown to improve the cell capacity and rate performance due to the improved ionic conductivity. However, side reactions on the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) and loss of active material during the first sodiation process contribute to the low Coulombic efficiency during the first cycle. Analysis is supported by electrode morphology, elemental mapping, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the clathrate electrodes at different electrochemical states. Na+ ion transport behavior between clathrate cages and surface in terms of migration barriers was also computed to explain the positive effect of higher cell testing temperature, and the low Coulombic efficiency of the first cycle.},
doi = {10.1149/2.1201913jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 13,
volume = 166,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
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