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Title: Insights into Ti doping for stabilizing the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 cathode in sodium ion battery

Abstract

Iron- and manganese-based layered metal oxides, as cathodes for sodium ion batteries, have received widespread attention because of the low cost and high specific capacity. However, the Jahn-teller effect of Mn3+ ions and the resulted unstable structure usually lead to continuously capacity decay. Herein, Titanium (Ti) has been successfully doped into Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 to suppress the Jahn-Teller distortion and improve both cycling and rate performance of sodium ion batteries. In situ high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction study shows that Ti-doped compound (Na2/3Fe1/3Mn0.57Ti0.1O2) can maintain the single P2 phase without any phase transition during the whole charging/discharging process. Further, various electrochemical characterizations are also applied to explore the better kinetics of sodium ions transfer in the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn0.57Ti0.1O2. This work provides a comprehensive insight into the Ti-doping effects on the performance from both structural and electrokinetic perspectives.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon (Hong Kong)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Nanjing Univ. of Science and Technology (China); City Univ. of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (China). Shenzhen Research Institute
  4. Changsha Univ. of Science and Technology (China)
  5. City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon (Hong Kong); City Univ. of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (China). Shenzhen Research Institute
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Key Research and Development Program of China; Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission
OSTI Identifier:
1889699
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; 2020YFA0406203; SGDX2019081623240948; JCYJ20200109105618137
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Energy Chemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 73; Journal ID: ISSN 2095-4956
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Layered transition metal oxides; Jahn-Teller effect; In situ synchrotron Xray diffraction; Phase transition

Citation Formats

Yang, Tingting, Huang, Yalan, Zhang, Jian, Zhu, He, Ren, Jincan, Li, Tianyi, Gallington, Leighanne C., Lan, Si, Yang, Ligao, and Liu, Qi. Insights into Ti doping for stabilizing the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 cathode in sodium ion battery. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2022.06.016.
Yang, Tingting, Huang, Yalan, Zhang, Jian, Zhu, He, Ren, Jincan, Li, Tianyi, Gallington, Leighanne C., Lan, Si, Yang, Ligao, & Liu, Qi. Insights into Ti doping for stabilizing the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 cathode in sodium ion battery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.06.016
Yang, Tingting, Huang, Yalan, Zhang, Jian, Zhu, He, Ren, Jincan, Li, Tianyi, Gallington, Leighanne C., Lan, Si, Yang, Ligao, and Liu, Qi. Sat . "Insights into Ti doping for stabilizing the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 cathode in sodium ion battery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.06.016. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1889699.
@article{osti_1889699,
title = {Insights into Ti doping for stabilizing the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 cathode in sodium ion battery},
author = {Yang, Tingting and Huang, Yalan and Zhang, Jian and Zhu, He and Ren, Jincan and Li, Tianyi and Gallington, Leighanne C. and Lan, Si and Yang, Ligao and Liu, Qi},
abstractNote = {Iron- and manganese-based layered metal oxides, as cathodes for sodium ion batteries, have received widespread attention because of the low cost and high specific capacity. However, the Jahn-teller effect of Mn3+ ions and the resulted unstable structure usually lead to continuously capacity decay. Herein, Titanium (Ti) has been successfully doped into Na2/3Fe1/3Mn2/3O2 to suppress the Jahn-Teller distortion and improve both cycling and rate performance of sodium ion batteries. In situ high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction study shows that Ti-doped compound (Na2/3Fe1/3Mn0.57Ti0.1O2) can maintain the single P2 phase without any phase transition during the whole charging/discharging process. Further, various electrochemical characterizations are also applied to explore the better kinetics of sodium ions transfer in the Na2/3Fe1/3Mn0.57Ti0.1O2. This work provides a comprehensive insight into the Ti-doping effects on the performance from both structural and electrokinetic perspectives.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jechem.2022.06.016},
journal = {Journal of Energy Chemistry},
number = ,
volume = 73,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Sat Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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