Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite
Abstract
Birnessite is a low-cost and environmentally friendly layered material for aqueous electrochemical energy storage; however, its storage capacity is poor due to its narrow potential window in aqueous electrolyte and low redox activity. Herein we report a sodium rich disordered birnessite (Na0.27MnO2) for aqueous sodium-ion electrochemical storage with a much-enhanced capacity and cycling life (83 mAh g-1 after 5000 cycles in full-cell). Neutron total scattering and in situ X-ray diffraction measurements show that both structural water and the Na-rich disordered structure contribute to the improved electrochemical performance of current cathode material. Particularly, the co-deintercalation of the hydrated water and sodium-ion during the high potential charging process results in the shrinkage of interlayer distance and thus stabilizes the layered structure. Our results provide a genuine insight into how structural disordering and structural water improve sodium-ion storage in a layered electrode and open up an exciting direction for improving aqueous batteries.
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- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
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- 1619616
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- SC0018922; SC0010286; DMREF-1627583; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-00OR22725
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- Nature Communications
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- Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- United Kingdom
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- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Shan, Xiaoqiang, Guo, Fenghua, Charles, Daniel S., Lebens-Higgins, Zachary, Abdel Razek, Sara, Wu, Jinpeng, Xu, Wenqian, Yang, Wanli, Page, Katharine L., Neuefeind, Joerg C., Feygenson, Mikhail, Piper, Louis F. J., and Teng, Xiaowei. Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12939-3.
Shan, Xiaoqiang, Guo, Fenghua, Charles, Daniel S., Lebens-Higgins, Zachary, Abdel Razek, Sara, Wu, Jinpeng, Xu, Wenqian, Yang, Wanli, Page, Katharine L., Neuefeind, Joerg C., Feygenson, Mikhail, Piper, Louis F. J., & Teng, Xiaowei. Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12939-3
Shan, Xiaoqiang, Guo, Fenghua, Charles, Daniel S., Lebens-Higgins, Zachary, Abdel Razek, Sara, Wu, Jinpeng, Xu, Wenqian, Yang, Wanli, Page, Katharine L., Neuefeind, Joerg C., Feygenson, Mikhail, Piper, Louis F. J., and Teng, Xiaowei. Thu .
"Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12939-3.
@article{osti_1619616,
title = {Structural water and disordered structure promote aqueous sodium-ion energy storage in sodium-birnessite},
author = {Shan, Xiaoqiang and Guo, Fenghua and Charles, Daniel S. and Lebens-Higgins, Zachary and Abdel Razek, Sara and Wu, Jinpeng and Xu, Wenqian and Yang, Wanli and Page, Katharine L. and Neuefeind, Joerg C. and Feygenson, Mikhail and Piper, Louis F. J. and Teng, Xiaowei},
abstractNote = {Birnessite is a low-cost and environmentally friendly layered material for aqueous electrochemical energy storage; however, its storage capacity is poor due to its narrow potential window in aqueous electrolyte and low redox activity. Herein we report a sodium rich disordered birnessite (Na0.27MnO2) for aqueous sodium-ion electrochemical storage with a much-enhanced capacity and cycling life (83 mAh g-1 after 5000 cycles in full-cell). Neutron total scattering and in situ X-ray diffraction measurements show that both structural water and the Na-rich disordered structure contribute to the improved electrochemical performance of current cathode material. Particularly, the co-deintercalation of the hydrated water and sodium-ion during the high potential charging process results in the shrinkage of interlayer distance and thus stabilizes the layered structure. Our results provide a genuine insight into how structural disordering and structural water improve sodium-ion storage in a layered electrode and open up an exciting direction for improving aqueous batteries.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-12939-3},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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