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Chemistry, Physical
Shin-ichi Nishimura, Akitoshi Hayashi, Atsushi Sakuda, Atsuo Yamada
Summary: The sodium ion conductor Na3-xSb1-xWxS4 exhibits exceptionally high ionic conductivity at room temperature. The crystallographic analysis reveals that the substitution of aliovalent tungsten leads to the disordering of sodium, which enhances the ionic conductivity.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2022)
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Chemistry, Physical
Hiroshi Nakajima, Hirofumi Tsukasaki, Jiong Ding, Takuya Kimura, Takumi Nakano, Akira Nasu, Akihiko Hirata, Atsushi Sakuda, Akitoshi Hayashi, Shigeo Mori
Summary: All-solid-state sodium batteries show promise for the future due to limited lithium resources. A high conductivity electrolyte is crucial for practical sodium batteries. The study demonstrates that cubic Na3PS4 with nanosized crystallites and a crystallite-amorphous domain composite exhibit increased conductivity compared to the tetragonal phase with micro-sized crystallites.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2021)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
C. S. Martinez-Cisneros, B. Pandit, C. Antonelli, J. Y. Sanchez, B. Levenfeld, A. Varez
Summary: This study investigates the potential of sodium batteries as alternatives to lithium batteries, exploring the effects of sodium content and sintering temperature in solid electrolytes, as well as using natural substances and organic materials as pore-formers and freeze casting to achieve enhanced room temperature conductivity in porous ceramic electrolyte samples. Porous NASICON samples show an order of magnitude increase in conductivity compared to pore-free samples, making them a potential functional macroporous inorganic separator for sodium ion batteries.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jun Luo, Mingrui Yang, Denghui Wang, Jiyu Zhang, Keming Song, Guochuan Tang, Zhengkun Xie, Xiaoniu Guo, Yu Shi, Weihua Chen
Summary: A polymer electrolyte with high ion conductivity and low energy barrier for sodium ion conduction at room temperature was designed through a triangular synergy strategy. The modified polymer electrolyte showed a faster Na+ conduction rate and good safety performance.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Review
Electrochemistry
Qingbo Zhou, Linlin Wang, Wenyao Li, Kangning Zhao, Minmin Liu, Qian Wu, Yujie Yang, Guanjie He, Ivan P. Parkin, Paul R. Shearing, Dan J. L. Brett, Jiujun Zhang, Xueliang Sun
Summary: Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have developed rapidly due to the abundance, distribution, and low cost of sodium. Sodium superion conductor (NASICON) based electrode materials are promising for sodium storage, but their low electronic conductivity limits their electrochemical performance. Strategies such as coating with carbon, reducing size, combining with other carbon materials, and doping elements have been studied to enhance the conductivity of NASICON-based cathode materials.
ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
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Chemistry, Analytical
Rajesh Rajagopal, Min-Ho Park, Yuvaraj Subramanian, Yu Jin Jung, Kwang-Sun Ryu
Summary: This study investigated the electrochemical properties of a new solid electrolyte Li3SI, showing good ion conductivity and electrochemical stability. An assembled all-solid-state lithium battery using this electrolyte exhibited good discharge capacity and cycling stability.
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chenji Hu, Jizhen Qi, Yixiao Zhang, Sijie Xie, Baotong Liu, Guoyong Xue, Daiqian Chen, Qinfeng Zheng, Ping Li, Shou-hang Bo, Yanbin Shen, Liwei Chen
Summary: All-solid-state sodium batteries with high-performance sodium-ion solid-state electrolyte and BISC concept demonstrate low overpotential and long cycle life, which can also be applied to prepare all-solid-state batteries with other metal ions such as Mg2+, Al3+, and K+.
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Chemistry, Physical
Marvin A. Kraft, Lara M. Gronych, Theodosios Famprikis, Wolfgang G. Zeier
Summary: The exploration of sulfidic sodium solid electrolytes and their design plays a significant role in the advancement of solid-state sodium batteries by understanding fast sodium transport. The influence of aliovalent substitution on the structure and transport properties in Na11+xSn2P1-xMxS12 with M = Ge and Sn was investigated, revealing that Na+ vacancy concentrations are a key factor in Na11Sn2PS12-type materials.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ge Sun, Xin Yang, Nan Chen, Shiyu Yao, Xiaoqi Wang, Xu Jin, Gang Chen, Yu Xie, Fei Du
Summary: Sodium-based solid-state batteries have advantages, but limited types of solid electrolyte hinder development; the new Na5YSi4O12 with excellent performance is suitable for research on advanced sodium-based SSBs.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Polymer Science
Luca Porcarelli, Jorge L. Olmedo-Martinez, Preston Sutton, Vera Bocharova, Asier Fdz De Anastro, Montserrat Galceran, Alexei P. Sokolov, Patrick C. Howlett, Maria Forsyth, David Mecerreyes
Summary: Sodium metal batteries are a promising emerging technology that requires solid electrolytes to address safety issues. This study demonstrates a simple method to prepare a mechanically robust and efficient soft solid electrolyte, which exhibits high ionic conductivity and tunable storage modulus.
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Chemistry, Physical
Peng Cui, Chun Sun, Peng Lv, Feifei Shi, Wei Wei
Summary: The poor interface contact between the electrode and solid electrolyte is a major obstacle damaging the cycle performance of solid-state lithium-ion batteries. Adding an organic interfacial superionic conductor (ISC) based on polyether polyols (PPG) can enhance the ion-diffusion kinetics on the electrolyte/cathode interface and improve the rate capability. The assembled LFP cathode demonstrated a high specific capacity of -95.7 mAh/g with a retention of -92% after 1000 cycles at 10 C.
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Pengju Li, Zhipeng Jiang, Xiaobo Huang, Xing Lu, Jia Xie, Shijie Cheng
Summary: The nitrofullerene additive demonstrates high compatibility with various electrolytes, promoting stable protective layer formation on sodium metal anodes and inhibiting dendrite growth. This leads to improved cycling stability, low voltage hysteresis, high rate capability, and prolonged cycle life in both carbonate and ether electrolytes.
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Chemistry, Physical
Matt J. Clarke, James A. Dawson, Timothy J. Mays, M. Saiful Islam
Summary: The study found that the F-doped system has low conductivity and high activation barriers, while Mg doping has a more favorable impact on lithium ions, leading to higher lithium-ion conductivity and lower migration energy. This suggests a viable doping strategy to enhance the electrochemical performance of antiperovskite solid electrolytes.
ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2021)
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Engineering, Environmental
Xuming Luo, Xianneng He, Han Su, Yu Zhong, Xiuli Wang, Jiangping Tu
Summary: By employing a dual-halogen strategy, the kinetic stability towards lithium metal and intrinsic stability towards high-voltage cathodes of Li2ZrCl6 electrolytes have been simultaneously enhanced, while maintaining the ionic conductivity. This strategy effectively improves the electrochemical stability of the electrolytes and promotes the application of cost-effective Li2ZrCl6 halides in all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries (ASSLMBs).
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
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Chemistry, Physical
Jin An Sam Oh, Linchun He, Bengwah Chua, Kaiyang Zeng, Li Lu
Summary: Metal solid-state batteries are considered the next-generation energy storage systems with high energy density and high safety. A strong and intimate solid-state interfacial contact between sodium metal and solid-state electrolyte is crucial for good cyclic stability at high current density. Inorganic electrolytes suffer from poor stability when cycled at low current density, leading to dendrite formation and loss of solid-solid contact at the interface. Further research and engineering approaches are needed to improve the integration of sodium metal with solid-state electrolytes and enhance electrochemical performance.
ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS
(2021)
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Xiang He, Hong Fang, David J. Gosztola, Zhang Jiang, Puru Jena, Wei-Ning Wang
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(2019)
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(2019)
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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(2019)
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(2019)
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2019)
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2019)
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ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
(2019)
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(2019)
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