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Title: Phase-Transition Interlayer Enables High-Performance Solid-State Sodium Batteries with Sulfide Solid Electrolyte

Abstract

All-solid-state sodium (Na) batteries (ASSSBs) using sulfide-based solid electrolytes (SEs) have attracted intensive attention due to their superior safety, high energy density and low cost. However, interfacial issue is one of the biggest challenges to achieve high-performance sulfide-based ASSSBs due to the serious reactions between active Na metal and sulfide SEs at the interface. To address the interfacial challenges, we propose in this paper a simple and efficient approach by introducing a polymer electrolyte as an interlayer to stabilize the interface. Na3SbS4 as a model sulfide SE is used to demonstrate the interlayer strategy to stabilize the interface by preventing the detrimental reactions and inhibiting Na dendrites. As a result, stable Na plating/stripping was observed in Na symmetric cells under the current density of 0.1 mA cm–2. Moreover, ASSSBs with Na metal and TiS2 electrode delivered long-term stability over 300 cycles remaining a specific capacity above 100 mAh g–1, and FeS2||Na cells exhibited an impressive specific capacity of up to 200 mAh g–1 after the 20th cycles. This work demonstrates an efficient strategy to address interfacial challenges between sulfide SEs and Na metal, which contributes to the development of ASSSBs in next-generation energy storage systems.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Louisville, KY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Louisville, KY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1785686
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0021257
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 28; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; sulfide electrolyte; Na3SbS4; interlayer; solid-state Na battery; interface stability

Citation Formats

Li, Yang, Arnold, William, Halacoglu, Selim, Jasinski, Jacek B., Druffel, Thad, and Wang, Hui. Phase-Transition Interlayer Enables High-Performance Solid-State Sodium Batteries with Sulfide Solid Electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.202101636.
Li, Yang, Arnold, William, Halacoglu, Selim, Jasinski, Jacek B., Druffel, Thad, & Wang, Hui. Phase-Transition Interlayer Enables High-Performance Solid-State Sodium Batteries with Sulfide Solid Electrolyte. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101636
Li, Yang, Arnold, William, Halacoglu, Selim, Jasinski, Jacek B., Druffel, Thad, and Wang, Hui. Fri . "Phase-Transition Interlayer Enables High-Performance Solid-State Sodium Batteries with Sulfide Solid Electrolyte". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101636. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1785686.
@article{osti_1785686,
title = {Phase-Transition Interlayer Enables High-Performance Solid-State Sodium Batteries with Sulfide Solid Electrolyte},
author = {Li, Yang and Arnold, William and Halacoglu, Selim and Jasinski, Jacek B. and Druffel, Thad and Wang, Hui},
abstractNote = {All-solid-state sodium (Na) batteries (ASSSBs) using sulfide-based solid electrolytes (SEs) have attracted intensive attention due to their superior safety, high energy density and low cost. However, interfacial issue is one of the biggest challenges to achieve high-performance sulfide-based ASSSBs due to the serious reactions between active Na metal and sulfide SEs at the interface. To address the interfacial challenges, we propose in this paper a simple and efficient approach by introducing a polymer electrolyte as an interlayer to stabilize the interface. Na3SbS4 as a model sulfide SE is used to demonstrate the interlayer strategy to stabilize the interface by preventing the detrimental reactions and inhibiting Na dendrites. As a result, stable Na plating/stripping was observed in Na symmetric cells under the current density of 0.1 mA cm–2. Moreover, ASSSBs with Na metal and TiS2 electrode delivered long-term stability over 300 cycles remaining a specific capacity above 100 mAh g–1, and FeS2||Na cells exhibited an impressive specific capacity of up to 200 mAh g–1 after the 20th cycles. This work demonstrates an efficient strategy to address interfacial challenges between sulfide SEs and Na metal, which contributes to the development of ASSSBs in next-generation energy storage systems.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.202101636},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 28,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Apr 30 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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