Dual-Function Presodiation with Sodium Diphenyl Ketone towards Ultra-stable Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries |
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Authors: | Hengyi Fang Suning Gao Meng Ren Yaohui Huang Prof Fangyi Cheng Prof Jun Chen Prof Fujun Li |
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Institution: | Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China |
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Abstract: | Hard carbon (HC) is a promising anode material for sodium-ion batteries, yet still suffers from low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, sodium diphenyl ketone (Na-DK) is applied to realize dual-function presodiation for HC anodes. It compensates the irreversible Na uptake at the oxygen-containing functional groups and reacts with carbon defects of five/seven-membered rings for quasi-metallic sodium in HC. The as-formed sodium induces robust NaF-rich SEI on HC in 1.0 M NaPF6 in diglyme, favoring the interfacial reaction kinetics and stable Na+ insertion and extraction. This renders the presodiated HC (pHC) with high ICE of ≈100 % and capacity retention of 82.4 % after 6800 cycles. It is demonstrated to couple with Na3V2(PO4)3 cathodes in full cells to show high capacity retention of ≈100 % after 700 cycles. This work provides in-depth understanding of chemical presodiation and a new strategy for highly stable sodium-ion batteries. |
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Keywords: | Chemical Presodiation Hard Carbon Quasi-Metallic Sodium Sodium Diphenyl Ketone Sodium-Ion Battery |
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