Yujin
Li
a,
Yu
Mei
a,
Roya
Momen
b,
Bai
Song
c,
Yujie
Huang
a,
Xue
Zhong
a,
Hanrui
Ding
a,
Wentao
Deng
a,
Guoqiang
Zou
a,
Hongshuai
Hou
*a and
Xiaobo
Ji
a
aState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China. E-mail: hs-hou@csu.edu.cn
bDepartment of Chemistry and Shenzhen Grubbs Institute, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
cDongying Cospowers Technology Limited Company, China
First published on 30th November 2023
Ultrafast-charging is the focus of next-generation rechargeable batteries for widespread economic success by reducing the time cost. However, the poor ion diffusion rate, intrinsic electronic conductivity and structural stability of cathode materials seriously hinder the development of ultrafast-charging technology. To overcome these challenges, an interfacial dynamics and thermodynamics synergistic strategy is proposed to synchronously enhance the fast-charging capability and structural stability of polyanion cathode materials. As a case study, a Na3V2(PO4)3 composite (NVP/NSC) is successfully obtained by introducing an interface layer derived from N/S co-doped carbon dots. Density functional theory calculations validate that the interfacial bonding effect of V–N/S–C significantly reduces the Na+ transport energy barrier. D-band center theory analysis confirms the downward shift of the V d-band center enhances the strength of the V–O bond and considerably inhibits irreversible phase transformation. Benefitting from this interfacial synergistic strategy, NVP/NSC achieves a high capability and excellent cycling stability with a surprisingly low carbon content (2.23%) at an extremely high rate of 100C for 10000 cycles (87.2 mA h g−1, 0.0028% capacity decay per cycle). Furthermore, a superior performance at 5C (115.3 mA h g−1, 92.1% capacity retention after 800 cycles) is exhibited by the NVP/NSC‖HC full cell. These findings provide timely new insights for the systematic design of ultrafast-charging cathode materials.
To successfully achieve the ultrafast-charging performance of the cathode, it's important to holistically understand the kinetic processes taking place on/in the cathode under operating conditions. As shown in Fig. 1, the electrochemical reactions are coupled electron and Na+ ion transfer processes with respective transport pathways. The main limiting processes of the battery system towards ultrafast-charging are Na+ diffusion in the active materials, interfacial Na+ transfer at the cathode/electrolyte interface (CEI) and Na+ transport in the electrolyte.14,15 For the cathode side, realizing the ultrafast Na diffusion in the lattice architecture of cathode material particles and Na+ transfer at the CEI are key two challenges with regard to ultrafast-charging.16,17 More importantly, accelerating the transport of Na+ ions and electrons in the cathode material as much as possible is a crucial step, which highly depends on the ion diffusivity/electronic conductivity of the corresponding material.9,10,18 Meanwhile, successful realization of ultrafast-charging requires chemical and structural stabilities from the atomic towards the particle level to ensure the long cycle life since the high current density under ultrafast charging conditions would cause varying degrees of damage to the cathode materials.19 In brief, the key factors for developing ultrafast-charging cathodes lie in simultaneously improving the electronic conductivity, ionic conductivity and structural stability of the cathode.15,16 Current SIB cathodes are subjects of active interest with a high potential, in particular with respect to developing their energy density, and include layered oxides,20 polyanions,21 and Prussian blue and its analogs.22 Meanwhile, the ultrafast-charging performance improvement of these cathode materials needs to be systematically considered. For example, Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) is a promising polyanionic material with fast ion conductivity. However, NVP is limited by its inherent poor electronic conductivity and thus exhibits unsatisfactory rate capability and cycling stability.23 Present modification strategies focus on carbon coating,24,25 ion doping,26,27 and material nanosizing.28,29 As one of the most common and effective modification strategies, carbon coating can only improve the electronic conductivity of electrode materials.30,31 Nevertheless, the structural stability and ion transport properties are not enhanced synchronously, and thus fail to meet the ultrafast-charging operating conditions.32 Above all, systemic modification studies are urgently needed to get deeper insights into the ultrafast-charging performance of SIB cathodes so as to provide generic solutions for bridging the gap between the energy and power density.
Fig. 1 Electrochemical kinetics of the sodium-ion battery cathode and design principles for ultrafast-charging cathode materials. |
In this study, an interfacial dynamics and thermodynamics synergistic strategy is proposed to simultaneously improve the ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and structural stability of SIB cathode materials by concurrently tuning interfacial bonding and energy band alignment. As a case of study, trace amounts of N/S-doped carbon dots are adopted to bond with NVP, obtaining NVP/N, S co-doped carbon composites (NVP/NSC). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the bonding effects of V–N/S–C reconstruct the Na+ diffusion path in the bulk and near surface, significantly reducing the Na+ transport energy barrier. Interestingly, through d-band center theory analysis, the bonding strength enhancement of V–O and the intrinsic electronic conductivity improvement are further verified. Combining electrochemical analysis, synchrotron radiation based spectroscopic techniques and electron micrography, a detailed evaluation of the redox mechanism and structural evolution shows that high-rate Na+ diffusion is enabled and structural stability is synchronously strengthened through this synergistic strategy. Remarkably, the NVP/NSC cathode exhibits excellent rate performance (87.2 mA h g−1 at 100C) and cycling stability (72.2% capacity retention after 10000 cycles at 100C). In this case, complete charging/discharging time shrinks to only 25 s, achieving comparable ultrafast charging/discharging performance. Furthermore, through electrolyte matching engineering, the full cell assembled with hard carbon demonstrates excellent discharge capacity (115.3 mA h g−1 at 5C) and cycling stability (92.1% capacity retention after 800 cycles). This study introduces a novel perspective, highlighting the previously overlooked interfacial dynamics and thermodynamics synergistic effects that influence the ultrafast-charging performance of SIB cathodes. This underscores the importance of systematically designing strategies for high-power-density cathodes.
Firstly, the Na+ migration path and diffusion kinetics of the designed NVP/NSC materials were evaluated with density functional theory (DFT) calculations to verify the role of N/S co-doped functionalized interfacial layers. Based on the optimized structural models of NVP and NVP/NSC (Fig. S1 and S2†), two diffusion paths represent the diffusion at the interface (Path I, Fig. 2a and b) and inside the bulk phase (Path II, Fig. 2f–i, S3 and S4†), respectively. The results displayed in Fig. 2c and j–m show that the diffusion energy barrier of NVP/NSC (Path I = 0.90 eV, path II = 0.12, 0.19 eV) is significantly lower than that of NVP (Path I = 1.07 eV, path II = 0.30, 0.20 eV), strongly evidencing that the bonding effects of V–N/S–C enhance the Na+ migration in both the near-surface and bulk phases of the material. In addition, the crystal structure of the material keeps consistent during cycling as fast Na+ transport facilitates homogeneous reaction; in contrast, slow Na+ transport may lead to severe phase separation in the bulk and near the surface (Fig. 2d and e).
From the viewpoint of thermodynamics, the effect of N/S co-doped heterointerfaces on the energy band structure is further elucidated from the electronic structure point of view. The V 3d partial densities of states (pDOS) of NVP/NSC and NVP are illustrated in Fig. 2n, with the bonding orbital energy band of NVP/NSC being significantly widened due to the increase of electron delocalization, resulting in the tendency of the electrons to occupy the V–O bonding orbitals and thus effectively enhancing the V–O bonds. The stronger V–O bonds of NVP/NSC than those of NVP are confirmed by crystal orbital Hamiltonian population (COHP) analysis (Fig. 2o), which will effectively enhance the crystal structure stability of the material. D-band center theory is an effective tool to describe the transition metal bonding environment.38 The bonding state between V 3d and O 2p is a strong predictor of the cycling stability of the NVP materials. As shown in Fig. 2p, the three-dimensional spreading of bonding orbitals in NVP/NSC leads to a significant decrease in the d-band center, in which more electrons fall back to the bulk, demonstrating a more stable V–O bonding state, thus effectively suppressing the generation of hetero-phases and the destruction of the crystal structure during the cycling process. This will significantly enhance the structural stability of the material and forge the superb cycle life of NVP/NSC. In addition, the energy band gap of the spin-down state of NVP/NSC is significantly smaller than that of NVP, and the density of the spin-up state increases to 20.89 eV−1 at the Fermi energy level (Fig. 2q and r), indicating enhanced electronic conduction.
Above all, the interfacial dynamics and thermodynamics synergistic strategy consisting in tuning interfacial bonding and energy band alignment is validated through theoretical calculation. Clearly, the ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and structural stability of SIB cathode materials would be concurrently reinforced. In this case, the fast-charging performance of the NVP cathode can be comprehensively upgraded, which will be discussed in the following sections.
The carbon content of these NVP/NSC composites was determined by elemental analysis (EA) and the test results are shown in Table S2.† It is found that the carbon contents of NVP/NSC-50, 75 and 100 are 1.10%, 2.23% and 3.43%, respectively. The fine structure of the material was further characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and the results are shown in Fig. 3f. Vibrations of V3+–O2− bonds in the VO6 octahedra are detected at 633 cm−1 and 525 cm−1. The presence of P–O bonds in the PO4 tetrahedra is detected at 583 cm−1 and 1030 cm−1. The IR peak at 1190 cm−1 can be attributed to the stretching vibrations of the PO4 unit.42 Interestingly, the intensity of the absorption peaks of the V–O group is observed to diminish with the increase of N/S CDs incorporation, signifying that the electronegativity of the V–O group decreases due to the influence of the V–N/S–C bonds. To further investigate the graphitization of the carbon layer in all samples, Raman spectroscopic analyses were conducted (Fig. 3g). The characteristic peaks at approximately 1350.2 cm−1 and 1376.2 cm−1 are attributed to the D-band (amorphous carbon) and G-band (graphitized carbon), respectively.29 The region before 1200 cm−1 could be ascribed to the Raman fingerprint characteristics of NVP. The light peak in the range of 400–600 cm−1 points to the presence of PO4 or VO6, and the absorption peak at around 1000 cm−1 corresponds to asymmetric stretching vibrations of the PO4 unit.43 The presence of V–N/S–C bonding is reaffirmed by the gradual weakening of the absorption peaks in the fingerprint region at 400–600 nm, as this interfacial bonding significantly affects the vibrational mode of the VO6 octahedra. The relative intensity ratio of the D peak to the G peak (ID/IG) is an important indicator to characterize the degree of graphitization of the material.44 Notably, the ID/IG value is gradually decreased with the amount of N/S CDs increased, suggesting the degree of graphitization of the material progressively increases.
Subsequently, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was employed to probe the elemental properties in NVP/NSC composites (Fig. 3h). Two peaks at 516.7 and 523.9 eV can be observed in the V 2p spectra of the three N/S CDs incorporated samples, which can be attributed to the spin–orbit splitting of V3+ 2p3/2 and V3+ 2p1/2 (Fig. S5a†).45 The C 1s spectra show four binding configurations (Fig. S5b†), namely C–C (284.7 eV), C–N/C–S (285.6 eV), C–O (286.7 eV) and CO (288.7 eV).46 The N 1s spectra (Fig. S5c†) show three characteristic peaks at 398.5, 400.4 and 402.0 eV, namely pyridinic N, pyrrolic N and graphitic N, respectively.47 The S 2p spectra (Fig. S5d†) display three characteristic peaks observed at 163.7, 164.6 and 168.6 eV, which can be attributed to the C–S–C (2P3/2), C–S–C (2P1/2) and C–SOX–C structures, respectively.48
The morphology and detailed structure of the samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It is found that the particle sizes of NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 decrease sequentially (Fig. 4a–c and S6†) since the crystalline growth of NVP particles is inhibited by active defects and nucleation sites on the surface of the carbon layer provided by N and S heteroatoms.49,50 Pleasingly, the sodium ion diffusion rate is expected to be improved by the decreased particle size and the shortened diffusion path. The patterns of selected area electron diffraction (SAED) spots (Fig. 4d–f) reveal that all three materials are highly ordered single-crystal structures with good crystallinity. The interplanar spacing coincides with the crystalline surface index of rhombic NVP. The structural properties of the materials were further revealed by TEM and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) (Fig. S7† and 4g–i). A complete and uniform carbon layer is formed on the surface of NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100, the thicknesses of which is gradually increased from 2 to 8 nm. EDS mapping was performed to further explore the elemental distribution and composition, showing a uniform distribution of Na, V, O, P, C, N and S (Fig. 4j, S8 and S9†).
Fig. 4 (a–c) SEM images of NVP/NSC samples. (d–f) SAED images of NVP/NSC samples. (g–i) HRTEM images of NVP/NSC samples. (j) Element mapping images for Na, V, O, P, C, N and S in NVP/NSC-75. |
The cycling performance of the NVP/NSC electrodes at the rate of 1C is displayed in Fig. S10,† and the specific discharge capacities of 106.5, 115.2 and 108.9 mA h g−1 after 100 cycles are exhibited by NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75, and NVP/NSC-100, respectively. To further investigate the superior performance of NVP/NSC electrodes, the long-term cycling measurements were carried out at 10, 20 and 100C (1C = 117 mA g−1). The cycling performance of the NVP/NSC electrode at 10C for 2000 cycles is illustrated in Fig. S11.† Specific discharge capacity of 78.9, 101.6, and 96.5 mA h g−1 and capacity retention of 74.5%, 97.8%, and 99.5% are obtained by NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 respectively after 2000 cycles at 10C. This suggests that NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 exhibit remarkable cycling stability. Furthermore, Fig. S12† shows that the NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 exhibit high mid-value voltages, consistent with their excellent cycling stability. Further increasing the current density, the long-term cycling performance at a current density of 20C is given in Fig. 5d. After 10000 cycles, the specific capacity of NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 remains at 48.6, 89.3 and 81.1 mA h g−1, corresponding to the capacity retention of 47.0%, 86.7%, and 89.1%, respectively. Even more dramatic, the cycling performance of the NVP/NSC-75 at an ultra-high rate of 100C (25 s for full charge/discharge) was tested. A high initial specific capacity of 87.2 mA h g−1 is observed and remains at 63 mA h g−1 after 10000 cycles (Fig. 5h), corresponding to capacity retention of 72.2% (0.0028% capacity decay per cycle). Above all, it is clear that the cycling stability of the NVP/NSC composites can be enhanced significantly by the designed interfacial kinetic and thermodynamic strategies.
Ip = 2.69 × 105n3/2ACDNa+1/2ν1/2 |
An electrochemical impedance spectrum (EIS) test was performed to further investigate the differences in electrochemical kinetics of the electrode materials. The fitted model is displayed in Fig. S14,† where Rs denotes the ohmic impedance due to solution resistance etc., Rct corresponds to the charge transfer resistance, and CPE and Zw are associated with the double-layer capacitance and Warburg impedance during the diffusion of Na+ ions in NVP, respectively. As illustrated in Fig. 6e, the Nyquist plots of the NVP/NSC composites are all composed of a semicircle in the high-frequency region and a diagonal line in the low-frequency region. The results illustrate that the Rct of NVP/NSC-50, NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 are 464.6 Ω, 308.5 Ω and 292.3 Ω, indicating that the charge transfer impedance is effectively reduced by the presence of the N/S doped carbon layer and thus the Na+ diffusion kinetics can be enhanced.
The dQ/dV curves were investigated to verify the electrochemical stability of different samples during cycling (Fig. 6f, S15a and b†). All three materials show a pair of redox peaks, which is consistent with the CV and GCD test results. Severe voltage degradation, obvious capacity decay and increased polarization are displayed for NVP/NSC-50 as the number of cycles increased. In contrast, the NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 exhibit low polarization and good voltage plateau retention, which is responsible for the outstanding cycling performance. In addition, a gradual leftward shift of the high potential and a gradual rightward shift of the low potential plateau are demonstrated for NVP/NSC-75 as the number of charge/discharge cycles increased. This proves that there is a depolarization process in 100 cycles, which can further increase the depth of discharge and thus the capacity.
The galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) was carried out to provide comparative information on the electrode kinetics of two-phase systems by analyzing the time of voltage relaxation to equilibrium potential and the magnitude of the overpotential. As shown in Fig. 6g–i, the equilibrium potential of NVP/NSC-50 after relaxation is highest, while the equilibrium potential is lower and remains stable for NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100, indicating the relative difficulty of Na+ extraction/insertion in NVP/NSC-50 during the electrochemical reaction. The lower overpotential and polarization of NVP/NSC-75 and NVP/NSC-100 suggest faster kinetics, resulting in enhanced electron conductivity and ion transport.
Na3V2(PO4)3 ↔ NaV2(PO4)3 + 2Na+ + 2e− |
At the initial voltage, all XRD peaks exactly correspond to the Na3V2(PO4)3 standard card. The main peaks at 20.1°, 23.8°, 28.8°, 32.1° and 35.6° are associated with the (104), (113), (024), (116) and (300) crystal planes of Na3V2(PO4)3 (Fig. 7c–g). New XRD peaks (corresponding to NaV2(PO4)3) become progressively stronger during charging accompanied by the intensity of the Na3V2(PO4)3 peaks gradually diminishing. At around 3.4 V, two phases of Na3V2(PO4)3 and NaV2(PO4)3 coexist, and the material completely transforms to the NaV2(PO4)3 phase after charging to 4.0 V. The XRD changes during the discharging process are opposite to those during the charging process: NaV2(PO4)3 gradually disappears and finally completely transforms to the Na3V2(PO4)3 phase, which demonstrates that highly reversible extraction/insertion process of sodium ions in the NVP/NSC-75 cathode.
In addition, soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (sXAS) tests were adopted to characterize the changes during the charging and discharging process from the level of the electronic structure of the material to further investigate the mechanism of the excellent electrochemical performance of the NVP/NSC-75. The V-L edge and O-K edge of NVP/NSC-75 and NVP are shown in Fig. 7h. The V L edge includes two major peaks, the V L3 peak (514–521 eV) and the V L2 peak (521–528 eV), which originate from electronic jumps from the V 2p3/2 energy level and the 2p1/2 energy level to the V 3d unoccupied state, respectively. The fine structure of the L3 pre-edge is caused by crystal field splitting in the V-3d orbital. The energy range of the O K-edge locates at 528–550 eV. The broad peak at 539.2 eV is attributed to σ*C–O,56 and the peak at 544.8 eV is associated with the mixed state of V 4sp and O 2p.57 Further, NVP/NSC-75 was studied by an ex situ sXAS test at different states of charge (Fig. 7i). During the charging process, the bimodal intensity of V L3 changes with a gradual increase in voltage, with a gradual increase in peak intensity at 519.8 eV and a gradual decrease at 518.3 eV, demonstrating a change in electronic structure. The rightward shift of the V L2 edge indicates a gradual increase in the valence state of V (V3+ → V4+),58 corresponding to an increase in the oxidation state during the charging process. As for the discharging process, the peak intensity is gradually increased at 519.8 eV and decreased at 518.3 eV. The leftward shift of the V L2 edge back to the initial state indicates a gradual decrease in the valence state of V (V4+ → V3+). Considering all of the above, the excellent reversibility of NVP/NSC-75 is proved from the electronic structure point of view.
Furthermore, failure mechanism analysis was adopted. Firstly, an ex situ XRD analysis of NVP/NSC-75 and NVP after 100 cycles at 10C was carried out (Fig. 8a). For NVP, the diffraction peaks at 14.1°, 20.1°, etc. are prominently weaker and the peak height ratios of the two peaks at 23.7° and 32.0° are destroyed after cycling compared to the pristine NVP, suggesting that the crystal structure of NVP is damaged after high-rate cycling. In contrast, the XRD peaks of NVP/NSC-75 are intact and well maintained after cycling, and the peak height ratios do not change noticeably, signifying that the NVP/NSC-75 displays excellent crystal retention ability during high-rate cycling. The V-L edges of NVP and NVP/NSC-75 after 100 cycles at 10C are shown in Fig. 8b and c. The presence of V3+ is demonstrated by a small absorption peak pair at 521.6 eV coinciding with the V-L edge of V2O3.58 It is suggested that NVP/NSC-75 exhibits good electrochemical reversibility as the peak intensity ratio of L3/L2 for NVP/NSC-75 after 100 cycles is closer to that before cycling. However, the peak intensity ratio of L3/L2 for NVP after 100 cycles is prominently lower that before cycling, indicating that the oxidation state of V gradually increases,58 which is responsible for the poor cycling stability and reversibility of NVP (Fig. S16a and b†). The changes in interfacial impedance at different cycles were investigated by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The EIS results of the samples after 100 cycles at the rate of 10C (Fig. 8d) show that the charge transfer resistance (Rct) is closely related to the charge transfer kinetics during the long-term cycling process (determined by the surface structure of the cathode material and the interface formed by electrolyte decomposition), and the Rct (278.7 Ω) of the NVP/NSC-75 electrode after cycling is obviously smaller than that of NVP (444.2 Ω), favoring a lower kinetic limitation. In addition, the relationship between the real parts of the low frequency impedance of the samples after 100 cycles is compared (Fig. 8e). It is revealed that the V–N/S–C surface bonding strategy is effective in enhancing sodium ion migration with smaller slope values.
Finally, a TEM analysis for the cycled samples was also carried out. A large number of pores are produced in NVP after cycling (Fig. 8g, i and S17a, b†), probably due to the erosion or destruction of the material structure by the electrolyte during the cycling process. This is consistent with the poor rate performance and cycling stability of NVP at high current density. In contrast, both the carbon coating layer and bulk of NVP/NSC-75 remain intact before and after cycling (Fig. 8f, h, S17c and d†), suggesting that the interfacial bonding and energy band alignment strategy is able to effectively boost the structural stability of NVP/NSC-75 during cycling.
The charge/discharge curves for the NVP/NSC-75 cathode and HC anode in ether electrolyte in the half-cell are shown in Fig. 9e, respectively. Prior to the full cell assembly, a pre-sodiation treatment was applied to the HC anode to offset the irreversible depletion of Na+ caused by the initial generation of SEI during cycling. The cycling performance of NVP/NSC-75‖HC full cells in ether-based and ester-based electrolytes was compared over a charge/discharge interval of 1.2–3.6 V (Fig. 9g). At a current density of 5C (1C = 117 mA g−1), the NVP/NSC-75‖HC full cell in ether-based electrolyte shows a high specific capacity of 115.3 mA h g−1 with a high initial coulombic efficiency (ICE) of 97.9% and a capacity retention rate of 92.1% after 800 cycles. In contrast, the NVP/NSC-75‖HC full cell in ester-based electrolyte has an initial specific capacity of 109.0 mA h g−1, which decayed seriously after 800 cycles, with a capacity retention rate of only 48.2%. This is consistent with the rate performance of the HC half-cell in different electrolytes, suggesting that the electrochemical performance of the full cell is mainly limited by the anode side of the HC. The NVP/NSC-75‖HC full cell after preferential electrolyte selection exhibits excellent electrochemical performance with an energy density of up to 330 W h kg−1 (Fig. S19†), which is the leading performance among NVP full cells (Table S4†).
In terms of interfacial dynamics aspects, the highly graphitized N/S co-doped carbon coating layer effectively reduced the electrical internal resistance, as confirmed by EIS. Moreover, DFT calculations demonstrated that the bonding effects of V–N/S–C could reconstruct the Na+ diffusion path in the bulk and near surface, significantly reducing the Na+ transport energy barrier. As for interfacial dynamics aspects, the d-band center of V is effectively reduced and the bonding strength of V–O would be improved, which helps to build a highly stable interface and suppress irreversible phase transitions. This view is supported by the post-cycling failure analysis and in situ structural evolution mechanisms. Tuned by this interfacial synergistic strategy, the meticulously designed NVP/NSC material exhibited excellent cycling stability and rate performance. The high specific discharge capacity of 89.3 mA h g−1 is achieved after 10000 cycles at 20C. Even at a very high current density of 100C, an initial specific discharge capacity of 87.2 mA h g−1 and a capacity retention rate of 72.2% after 10000 cycles (i.e., ultralow 0.0028% capacity decay per cycle) are exhibited by NVP/NSC-75. In addition, through electrolyte matching engineering for full cells, NVP/NSC-75‖HC full cells exhibit high specific capacity and cycling stability even at high current densities. Based on the findings above, a practical reference for the cathode material of SIBs with ultra-long life and ultrafast-charging capability is provided, which will promote the development of next-generation energy storage batteries.
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† Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc05593k |
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