Surface modification research of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries

doi:10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2020.0221

Abstract

Abstract:

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), considered as potential supplement to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), have been widely studied in recent years. Among all types of cathode materials, layered oxide material is the most promising kind and has been verified in 100 kW·h Sodium-ion battery energy storage station. However, it still suffers the disadvantages of high alkalinity and poor cycling performance. Benefited from the experience of gradient distribution design in ternary cathode materials for LIBs, liquid coating method was adopted to prepare manganese-rich shell coated layered oxide cathode material, so as to reduce the residue alkaline in the surface, to enhance the material process property during battery fabrication and to improve the electrochemical performance. Materials with different Mn contents were prepared and characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electrochemical examinations. The best performance is obtained when 1%Mn coating is utilized. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results show that O3 structure (space group: R-3m) is maintained after coating. Moreover, the residual alkaline is reduced with calculated pH decreased from 11.74 to 11.33, proving the effectiveness of our design. At the same time, material with 1% Mn coating has the best electrochemical performance within the voltage of 2.5～4 V. The rate capability improved from 85.4% to 90.4% at 1 C rate after coating and the capacity retention after 100 cycles is also enhanced from 81.5% to 90.5%. In this paper, the Mn-rich shell coated positive electrode materials is studied comprehensively, which verifies the effect of our design and provides a new idea for the design of surface modified positive electrode materials.

Key words: Mn-rich shell coating, residue alkaline, layered oxide, sodium-ion batteries

CLC Number:

TM 911

Xingguo QI, Weigang WANG, Yongsheng HU, Qiang ZHANG. Surface modification research of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries[J]. Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2020, 9(5): 1396-1401.

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材料	NFM	NFM@1%Mn	NFM@3%Mn	NFM@5%Mn	NFM@10%Mn
Na₂CO₃	1.49%	1.17%	1.67%	1.72%	1.51%
NaOH	0.44%	0.17%	0.12%	0.13%	0.16%
pH	11.74	11.33	11.17	11.21	11.30

电压范围	材料	比容量/mA·h·g^-1	0.5 C倍率/%	1 C倍率/%	1 C 100周循环/%
2.5～4.0 V	NFM	126.0	92.9	85.4	81.5
	NFM@1%Mn	125.4	95.4	90.4	90.5
	NFM@3%Mn	123.1	93.8	85.5	85.4
	NFM@5%Mn	120.7	94.0	85.4	75.7
	NFM@10%Mn	117.7	90.5	83.4	68.9
2.5～4.1 V	NFM	130.2	90.3	86.2	82.4
	NFM@1%Mn	131.6	94.6	89.3	84.7
	NFM@3%Mn	130.5	92.2	86.7	80.1
	NFM@5%Mn	128.4	91.3	83.1	76.9

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