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Influence of Synthesis Parameters on the Electrochemical and Interfacial Properties of Na2Ti3O7 As Anode for Na Ion Batteries

2015; Institute of Physics; Volume: MA2015-03; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1149/ma2015-03/2/568

2152-8365

Maider Zarrabeitia, Elizabeth Castillo‐Martínez, Aitor Eguía, Miguel Ángel Muñoz Márquez, Juan Miguel López del Amo, Teófilo Rojo, Montse Casas‐Cabanas,

Chemical Synthesis and Characterization

Sodium ion batteries (SIBs) are becoming an attractive alternative for stationary applications because of their low cost: sodium is more abundant and easier to obtain than lithium and cheaper current collectors made of aluminium instead of copper can be used. While for cathode materials many lithium analogues can be successfully used in SIB [1], the challenge is to find alternative anode materials [2], the reasons being the impossibility of sodium insertion into graphite and the formation of a stable SEI layer (Solid Electrolyte Interphase). Na 2 Ti 3 O 7 has been reported as the oxide with the lowest sodium insertion/deinsertion voltage at 0.3 V vs . Na + /Na and a capacity close to 200 mAh/g [3], becoming a very promising anode candidate both in terms of energy density and cost. However the reported capacity retention needs to be improved [4, 5] and the formation of a stable SEI layer remains to be proved. Here we present a study were the role of several synthesis parameters, such as the sodium source precursor and the atmosphere during the cooling process, is correlated with the electrochemical properties of the sodium titanate, in particular, with the capacity retention which has been dramatically improved [6]. The composition of the SEI layer has also been studied at different points of galvanostatic curve by means of XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) combined in some cases with ion bombardment depth profiling. [1] V. Palomares, M. Casas-Cabanas, E. Castillo-Martínez, M.H. Man, T. Rojo, Energy Environ. Sci. , 2013, 6 , 2312-2337. [2] M. Dahbi, N. Yabuuchi, K. Kubota, S. Komaba, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 15007-15028. [3] P. Senguttuvan, G. Rousse, V. Seznec, J.M. Tarascon, M.R. Palacín, Chem. Mater. , 2011, 23 , 4109-4111. [4] H. Pan, X. Lu, X. Yu, Y.S. Hu, H. Li, X.Q. Yang, L. Chen, Adv. Energy Mater. , 2013, 3 , 1186-1194. [5] A. Rudola, K. Saravanan, C.W Mason, P. Balaya, J. Mater. Chem. A , 2013, 1, 2653-2662. [6] M. Zarrabeitia, E. Castillo-Martínez, J.M López del Amo, A. Eguía-Barrio, M.A. Muñoz-Márquez, T. Rojo, M. Casas-Cabanas (submitted)