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Hierarchical Sb-Ni nanoarrays as robust binder-free anodes for high-performance sodium-ion half and full cells

Show Author's Information Liying Liang1,  Yang Xu1,  Liaoyong Wen1,  Yueliang Li2,  Min Zhou1,  Chengliang Wang1,  Huaping Zhao1,  Ute Kaiser2,  Yong Lei1( )
Institute of Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK) Ilmenau University of Technology, Professor Schmidt Strasse 26 98693 Ilmenau Germany
Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany
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binder-free anode, hierarchical Sb-Ni nanoarrays, capacitive charge storage, Na-ion full cell
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Liang L, Xu Y, Wen L, et al. Hierarchical Sb-Ni nanoarrays as robust binder-free anodes for high-performance sodium-ion half and full cells. Nano Research, 2017, 10(9): 3189-3201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1536-0
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A novel hierarchical electrode material for Na-ion batteries composed of Sb nanoplates on Ni nanorod arrays is developed to tackle the issues of the rapid capacity fading and poor rate capability of Sb-based materials. The three- dimensional (3D) Sb-Ni nanoarrays as anodes exhibit the synergistic effects of the two-dimensional nanoplates and the open and conductive array structure as well as strong structural integrity. Further, their capacitive behavior is confirmed through a kinetics analysis, which shows that their excellent Na-storage performance is attributable to their unique nanostructure. When used as binder-free sodium-ion battery (SIB) anodes, the nanoarrays exhibit a high capacity retention rate (more than 80% over 200 cycles) at a current density of 0.5 A·g–1 and excellent rate capacity (up to 20 A·g–1), with their capacity being 580 mAh·g–1. Moreover, a P2-Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2//3D Sb-Ni nanoarrays full cell delivers a highly reversible capacity of 579.8 mAh·g–1 over 200 cycles and an energy density as high as 100 Wh·kg–1. This design strategy for ensuring fast and stable Na storage may work with other electrode materials as well.


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Hierarchical Sb-Ni nanoarrays as robust binder-free anodes for high-performance sodium-ion half and full cells

Show Author's information Liying Liang1, Yang Xu1, Liaoyong Wen1, Yueliang Li2, Min Zhou1, Chengliang Wang1, Huaping Zhao1, Ute Kaiser2, Yong Lei1( )
Institute of Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK) Ilmenau University of Technology, Professor Schmidt Strasse 26 98693 Ilmenau Germany
Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscopy Group of Materials Science Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11 89081 Ulm Germany

Abstract

A novel hierarchical electrode material for Na-ion batteries composed of Sb nanoplates on Ni nanorod arrays is developed to tackle the issues of the rapid capacity fading and poor rate capability of Sb-based materials. The three- dimensional (3D) Sb-Ni nanoarrays as anodes exhibit the synergistic effects of the two-dimensional nanoplates and the open and conductive array structure as well as strong structural integrity. Further, their capacitive behavior is confirmed through a kinetics analysis, which shows that their excellent Na-storage performance is attributable to their unique nanostructure. When used as binder-free sodium-ion battery (SIB) anodes, the nanoarrays exhibit a high capacity retention rate (more than 80% over 200 cycles) at a current density of 0.5 A·g–1 and excellent rate capacity (up to 20 A·g–1), with their capacity being 580 mAh·g–1. Moreover, a P2-Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2//3D Sb-Ni nanoarrays full cell delivers a highly reversible capacity of 579.8 mAh·g–1 over 200 cycles and an energy density as high as 100 Wh·kg–1. This design strategy for ensuring fast and stable Na storage may work with other electrode materials as well.

Keywords: binder-free anode, hierarchical Sb-Ni nanoarrays, capacitive charge storage, Na-ion full cell

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Received: 28 November 2016
Revised: 10 February 2017
Accepted: 13 February 2017
Published: 20 May 2017
Issue date: September 2017

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This work is financially supported by the European Research Council (ThreeDsurface, No. 240144), European Research Council (HiNaPc, No. 737616), BMBF (ZIK-3DNanoDevice, No. 03Z1MN11), and German Research Foundation (DFG: LE 2249_4-1).

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