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Challenges and perspectives on high and intermediate-temperature sodium batteries

Show Author's Information Karina B. Hueso1,  Verónica Palomares1,  Michel Armand2,  Teófilo Rojo1,2( )
Inorganic Chemistry DepartmentUniversity of the Basque Country UPV/EHUP.O. Box. 64448080Bilbao, Spain
CIC ENERGIGUNEParque Tecnológico de álavaAlbert Einstein 48ED.CIC01510Mi?ano, Spain
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Energy storage systems are selected depending on factors such as storage capacity, available power, discharge time, self-discharge, efficiency, or durability. Additional parameters to be considered are safety, cost, feasibility, and environmental aspects. Sodium-based batteries (Na-S, NaNiCl2) typically require operation temperatures of 300-350 ℃. The high operating temperatures substantially increase the operating costs and raise safety issues. This updated review describes the state-of-the-art materials for high-temperature sodium batteries and the trends towards the development and optimization of intermediate and low-temperature devices. Recent advances in inorganic solid electrolytes, glass-ceramic electrolytes, and polymer solid electrolytes are of immense importance in all-solid-state sodium batteries. Systems such as Na+ super ionic conductor (NASICON, Na1+xZr2P3-xSixO12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 3)), glass-ceramic 94Na3PS4·6Na4SiS4, and polyethylene oxide (PEO)-sodium triflate (NaCF3SO3) are also discussed. Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are also included as novel electrolyte solvents. This update discusses the progress of on-going strategies to enhance the conductivity, optimize the electrolyte/electrode interface, and improve the cell design of emerging technologies. This work aims to cover the recent advances in electrode and electrolyte materials for sodium-sulfur and sodium-metal-halide (zeolite battery research Africa project (ZEBRA)) batteries for use at high and intermediate temperatures.


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Challenges and perspectives on high and intermediate-temperature sodium batteries

Show Author's information Karina B. Hueso1, Verónica Palomares1, Michel Armand2, Teófilo Rojo1,2( )
Inorganic Chemistry DepartmentUniversity of the Basque Country UPV/EHUP.O. Box. 64448080Bilbao, Spain
CIC ENERGIGUNEParque Tecnológico de álavaAlbert Einstein 48ED.CIC01510Mi?ano, Spain

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Energy storage systems are selected depending on factors such as storage capacity, available power, discharge time, self-discharge, efficiency, or durability. Additional parameters to be considered are safety, cost, feasibility, and environmental aspects. Sodium-based batteries (Na-S, NaNiCl2) typically require operation temperatures of 300-350 ℃. The high operating temperatures substantially increase the operating costs and raise safety issues. This updated review describes the state-of-the-art materials for high-temperature sodium batteries and the trends towards the development and optimization of intermediate and low-temperature devices. Recent advances in inorganic solid electrolytes, glass-ceramic electrolytes, and polymer solid electrolytes are of immense importance in all-solid-state sodium batteries. Systems such as Na+ super ionic conductor (NASICON, Na1+xZr2P3-xSixO12 (0 ≤ x ≤ 3)), glass-ceramic 94Na3PS4·6Na4SiS4, and polyethylene oxide (PEO)-sodium triflate (NaCF3SO3) are also discussed. Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are also included as novel electrolyte solvents. This update discusses the progress of on-going strategies to enhance the conductivity, optimize the electrolyte/electrode interface, and improve the cell design of emerging technologies. This work aims to cover the recent advances in electrode and electrolyte materials for sodium-sulfur and sodium-metal-halide (zeolite battery research Africa project (ZEBRA)) batteries for use at high and intermediate temperatures.

Keywords: batteries, high-temperature, intermediate-temperature, sodium, electrolytes

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Received: 11 January 2017
Revised: 27 February 2017
Accepted: 23 March 2017
Published: 15 June 2017
Issue date: December 2017

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© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the Basque Government (No. GV IT570-13), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (No. MAT2016-78266-P) and sponsored by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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