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On the Mechanism of the Improved Operation Voltage of Rhombohedral Nickel Hexacyanoferrate as Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
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posted on 2016-11-18, 00:00 authored by Zhuan Ji, Bo Han, Haitao Liang, Chenggang Zhou, Qiang Gao, Kaisheng Xia, Jinping WuWe reported a rhombohedral
Na-rich nickel hexacyanoferrate
(r-NiHCF) with high discharge voltage, which also possesses long cycle
stability and excellent rate capability when serving as the cathode
material of Na-ion batteries. First-principles calculations suggest
that the high working voltage of r-NiHCF is correlated to the asymmetric
residence of Na+ ions in the rhombohedral framework in
parallel with the low charge density at the Fe2+ ions.
In both aqueous and ether-based electrolytes, r-NiHCF exhibits higher
voltage than that of cubic NiHCF. Rate and cycle experiments indicate
that r-NiHCF delivers a specific capacity of 66.8 mAh g–1 at the current density of 80 mA g–1, which is
approximate to the theoretical capacity of r-NiHCF. A capacity retention
of 96% can be achieved after 200 cycles. The excellent stability of
r-NiHCF can be assigned to the absence of rhombohedral–cubic
phase transition and negligible volume variation during electrochemical
redox, as proven by the ex situ XRD patterns at different depths of
charge/discharge and the DFT calculations, respectively.
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cycle experimentscycle stabilityXRD patternsvolume variationrate capabilityFirst-principles calculationsether-based electrolytesSodium-Ion Batteriescharge densitycapacity retentionNa-ion batteriescathode materialdischarge voltageRhombohedral Nickel Hexacyanoferrate200 cyclesrhombohedral frameworkDFT calculationsr-NiHCF exhibitselectrochemical redoxOperation Voltage
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