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Title: Elucidation of the Jahn-Teller effect in a pair of sodium isomer

Abstract

Jahn-Teller distorted Mn(III) (t2g3eg1) ions play a key role in the performance of manganese-based layered oxides. Here we show that there is an obvious relationship between the Jahn-Teller distortion of a trivalent manganese and the electrochemistry in a pair of Na isomer, namely orthorhombic and hexagonal P2-type Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 having the same composition. It is found that more reversible phase transformations, higher working voltage and faster Na diffusion correlated with Jahn-Teller effect are found for distorted P02-Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 upon Naþions extraction/insertion. Such Jahn-Teller distorted Mn assisted Na migration enables that the orthorhombic Na2/ 3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 delivers a high specific capacity of 204.0 mA h g–1 with a 2.7 V average working voltage, reaching 550 Wh Kg–1–1 cycled at 10C) in Na cell in contrast with undistorted Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2. This strategy for understanding the Jahn-Teller effect of P2-type compounds at orbital energy level grasps new insight into designing high energy density positive electrode materials for Na-ion batteries.

Authors:
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  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1646592
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1644330
Report Number(s):
BNL-216229-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; EE0008202
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Energy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 77; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; sodium-ion batteries; cathode; Jahn-Teller effect; sodium isomer; electrochemistry

Citation Formats

Wang, Peng-Fei, Jin, Ting, Zhang, Jiaxun, Wang, Qin-Chao, Ji, Xiao, Cui, Chunyu, Piao, Nan, Liu, Sufu, Xu, Jijian, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Wang, Chunsheng. Elucidation of the Jahn-Teller effect in a pair of sodium isomer. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105167.
Wang, Peng-Fei, Jin, Ting, Zhang, Jiaxun, Wang, Qin-Chao, Ji, Xiao, Cui, Chunyu, Piao, Nan, Liu, Sufu, Xu, Jijian, Yang, Xiao-Qing, & Wang, Chunsheng. Elucidation of the Jahn-Teller effect in a pair of sodium isomer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105167
Wang, Peng-Fei, Jin, Ting, Zhang, Jiaxun, Wang, Qin-Chao, Ji, Xiao, Cui, Chunyu, Piao, Nan, Liu, Sufu, Xu, Jijian, Yang, Xiao-Qing, and Wang, Chunsheng. Tue . "Elucidation of the Jahn-Teller effect in a pair of sodium isomer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105167. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1646592.
@article{osti_1646592,
title = {Elucidation of the Jahn-Teller effect in a pair of sodium isomer},
author = {Wang, Peng-Fei and Jin, Ting and Zhang, Jiaxun and Wang, Qin-Chao and Ji, Xiao and Cui, Chunyu and Piao, Nan and Liu, Sufu and Xu, Jijian and Yang, Xiao-Qing and Wang, Chunsheng},
abstractNote = {Jahn-Teller distorted Mn(III) (t2g3eg1) ions play a key role in the performance of manganese-based layered oxides. Here we show that there is an obvious relationship between the Jahn-Teller distortion of a trivalent manganese and the electrochemistry in a pair of Na isomer, namely orthorhombic and hexagonal P2-type Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 having the same composition. It is found that more reversible phase transformations, higher working voltage and faster Na diffusion correlated with Jahn-Teller effect are found for distorted P02-Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 upon Naþions extraction/insertion. Such Jahn-Teller distorted Mn assisted Na migration enables that the orthorhombic Na2/ 3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2 delivers a high specific capacity of 204.0 mA h g–1 with a 2.7 V average working voltage, reaching 550 Wh Kg–1–1 cycled at 10C) in Na cell in contrast with undistorted Na2/3Mn0.9Ti0.1O2. This strategy for understanding the Jahn-Teller effect of P2-type compounds at orbital energy level grasps new insight into designing high energy density positive electrode materials for Na-ion batteries.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105167},
journal = {Nano Energy},
number = ,
volume = 77,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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