Ultrastable all-solid-state sodium rechargeable batteries

The insufficient ionic conductivity of oxide-based solid electrolytes and the large interfacial resistance between the cathode material and the solid electrolyte severely limit the performance of room-temperature all-solid-state sodium rechargeable batteries. A NASICON solid electrolyte Na3.4Zr1.9Zn0.1Si2.2P0.8O12, with superior room-temperature conductivity of 5.27 × 10–3 S cm–1, is achieved by simultaneous substitution of Zr4+ by aliovalent Zn2+ and P5+ by Si4+ in Na3Zr2Si2PO12. The bulk conductivity and grain boundary conductivity of Na3.4Zr1.9Zn0.1Si2.2P0.8O12 are nearly 20 times and almost 50 times greater than those of pristine Na3Zr2Si2PO12, respectively. The FeS2||polydopamine-Na3.4Zr1.9Zn0.1Si2.2P0.8O12||Na all-solid-state sodium batteries, with a polydopamine modification thin layer between the solid electrolyte and the cathode, maintain a high reversible capacity of 236.5 mAh g–1 at a 0.1 C rate for 100 cycles and a capacity of 133.1 mAh g–1 at 0.5 C for 300 cycles, demonstrating high performance for all-solid-state sodium batteries. © 2020 American Chemical Society

Keywords

Sodium, Electrolytes, Electric batteries, Electric conductivity, Layers, Cathodes

Citation

Yang, J., Liu, G., Avdeev, M., Wan, H., Han, F., Shen, L., Zou, Z., Shi, S., Hu, Y.-S., Wang, C., & Yao, X. (2020).Ultrastable all-solid-state sodium rechargeable batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 5(9) 2835-2841. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01432.