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Title: Quantification of Anionic Redox Chemistry in a Prototype Na-Rich Layered Oxide

Abstract

Harnessing anionic redox reactions is of prime importance for boosting the capacity of sodium-ion batteries (NIBs). However, quantifying the cyclability of anionic redox reactions is still challenging. Herein, we conduct a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the cationic and anionic redox reactions of a prototype Na-rich layered oxide, namely, Na3RuO4, by a combination of bulk-sensitive X-ray absorption spectroscopy and full-range mapping of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. We unequivocally reveal that both Ru cations and oxygen anions are involved in the charge compensation process of Na3RuO4. Ru redox is highly reversible over extended electrochemical cycles, while the cyclability of lattice oxygen redox gradually decreases with the retention of only 36% after 30 cycles, which is mainly responsible for the capacity fading of Na3RuO4. Finally, our findings provide deeper insights into the complex oxygen redox mechanism, which plays a decisive role for designing high-energy Na-rich electrode materials for NIBs.

Authors:
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  1. Soochow Univ., Jiangsu (China)
  2. Zhejiang Univ. of Technology (China)
  3. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
OSTI Identifier:
1780734
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; 11905154; 19KJA550004; BK20190814
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Na-ion batteries; Na-rich layered oxide; oxygen redox; x-ray absorption; spectroscopy; resonant inelastic x-ray scattering

Citation Formats

Hu, Yue, Liu, Tiefeng, Cheng, Chen, Yan, Yingying, Ding, Manling, Chan, Ting-Shan, Guo, Jinghua, and Zhang, Liang. Quantification of Anionic Redox Chemistry in a Prototype Na-Rich Layered Oxide. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.9b19204.
Hu, Yue, Liu, Tiefeng, Cheng, Chen, Yan, Yingying, Ding, Manling, Chan, Ting-Shan, Guo, Jinghua, & Zhang, Liang. Quantification of Anionic Redox Chemistry in a Prototype Na-Rich Layered Oxide. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b19204
Hu, Yue, Liu, Tiefeng, Cheng, Chen, Yan, Yingying, Ding, Manling, Chan, Ting-Shan, Guo, Jinghua, and Zhang, Liang. Mon . "Quantification of Anionic Redox Chemistry in a Prototype Na-Rich Layered Oxide". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b19204. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1780734.
@article{osti_1780734,
title = {Quantification of Anionic Redox Chemistry in a Prototype Na-Rich Layered Oxide},
author = {Hu, Yue and Liu, Tiefeng and Cheng, Chen and Yan, Yingying and Ding, Manling and Chan, Ting-Shan and Guo, Jinghua and Zhang, Liang},
abstractNote = {Harnessing anionic redox reactions is of prime importance for boosting the capacity of sodium-ion batteries (NIBs). However, quantifying the cyclability of anionic redox reactions is still challenging. Herein, we conduct a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the cationic and anionic redox reactions of a prototype Na-rich layered oxide, namely, Na3RuO4, by a combination of bulk-sensitive X-ray absorption spectroscopy and full-range mapping of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. We unequivocally reveal that both Ru cations and oxygen anions are involved in the charge compensation process of Na3RuO4. Ru redox is highly reversible over extended electrochemical cycles, while the cyclability of lattice oxygen redox gradually decreases with the retention of only 36% after 30 cycles, which is mainly responsible for the capacity fading of Na3RuO4. Finally, our findings provide deeper insights into the complex oxygen redox mechanism, which plays a decisive role for designing high-energy Na-rich electrode materials for NIBs.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.9b19204},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 3,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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