Based on the excellent sodium ion mobility of sodium superionic conductor structures,Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)materials have become promising cathode materials in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,inadequate electronic...Based on the excellent sodium ion mobility of sodium superionic conductor structures,Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)materials have become promising cathode materials in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,inadequate electronic transport of Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)limits the cycling stability and rate performances in SIBs.In this work,high-performance conductive carbon-coated Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)materials are obtained via a simple and facile ball-milling assisted solid-state method by utilizing citric acid as carbon sources.The carbon-coated composite electrodes display a high initial specific capacity of 111.6 mAh·g^(-1),and the specific capacity could retention reach 92.83%after 100 cycles at 1C with the high coulombic efficiency(99.95%).More importantly,the capacity of conductive carbon-coated nano-sized Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)can remain 48.5 mAh·g^(-1) at 10℃after 3000 cycles(initial capacity of 101.2 mAh·g^(-1)).At the same time,high coulombic efficiency(near 100%)has little decay even at a high rate of 20℃during 1000 cycles,demonstrating the excellent cycling stability and remarkable rate performances,and showing potential in largescale productions and applications.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFB0102000)Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51890865)the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(No.61835014).
文摘Based on the excellent sodium ion mobility of sodium superionic conductor structures,Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)materials have become promising cathode materials in sodium-ion batteries(SIBs).However,inadequate electronic transport of Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)limits the cycling stability and rate performances in SIBs.In this work,high-performance conductive carbon-coated Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)materials are obtained via a simple and facile ball-milling assisted solid-state method by utilizing citric acid as carbon sources.The carbon-coated composite electrodes display a high initial specific capacity of 111.6 mAh·g^(-1),and the specific capacity could retention reach 92.83%after 100 cycles at 1C with the high coulombic efficiency(99.95%).More importantly,the capacity of conductive carbon-coated nano-sized Na_(3)V_(2)(PO_(4))_(3)can remain 48.5 mAh·g^(-1) at 10℃after 3000 cycles(initial capacity of 101.2 mAh·g^(-1)).At the same time,high coulombic efficiency(near 100%)has little decay even at a high rate of 20℃during 1000 cycles,demonstrating the excellent cycling stability and remarkable rate performances,and showing potential in largescale productions and applications.