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Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Qingbing Xia1,2,  Weijie Li2,  Zongcheng Miao1( ),  Shulei Chou2( ),  Huakun Liu2
Key Laboratory of Organic Polymer Photoelectric MaterialsSchool of ScienceXijing UniversityXi'an710123China
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsAustralian Institute of Innovative MaterialsUniversity of WollongongNorth WollongongNSW2500Australia
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sodium-ion batteries, nanostructure, anodes, phosphides, phosphorus
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Xia Q, Li W, Miao Z, et al. Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 2017, 10(12): 4055-4081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1671-7
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Sodium-ion batteries have received remarkable attention as next-generation high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices because of their cost effectiveness and the broad geographical distribution of sodium. As a critical component of sodium-ion batteries, anode materials, especially nanostructured anodes, have a significant effect on the electrochemical performance of sodium-ion batteries. Recent research indicates that phosphorus and metal phosphides show great promise as anode candidates for sodium-ion batteries because of their low cost and relatively high theoretical gravimetric and volumetric specific capacities. In this review, we systematically summarize recent research progress on state-of-the-art nanostructured phosphorus and phosphides, including the synthetic strategies, Na-storage mechanisms, and the relationship between the nanostructure and electrochemical performance. Moreover, we present an overview of future challenges and opportunities based on current developments.


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Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries

Show Author's information Qingbing Xia1,2, Weijie Li2, Zongcheng Miao1( ), Shulei Chou2( ), Huakun Liu2
Key Laboratory of Organic Polymer Photoelectric MaterialsSchool of ScienceXijing UniversityXi'an710123China
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic MaterialsAustralian Institute of Innovative MaterialsUniversity of WollongongNorth WollongongNSW2500Australia

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Sodium-ion batteries have received remarkable attention as next-generation high-performance electrochemical energy storage devices because of their cost effectiveness and the broad geographical distribution of sodium. As a critical component of sodium-ion batteries, anode materials, especially nanostructured anodes, have a significant effect on the electrochemical performance of sodium-ion batteries. Recent research indicates that phosphorus and metal phosphides show great promise as anode candidates for sodium-ion batteries because of their low cost and relatively high theoretical gravimetric and volumetric specific capacities. In this review, we systematically summarize recent research progress on state-of-the-art nanostructured phosphorus and phosphides, including the synthetic strategies, Na-storage mechanisms, and the relationship between the nanostructure and electrochemical performance. Moreover, we present an overview of future challenges and opportunities based on current developments.

Keywords: sodium-ion batteries, nanostructure, anodes, phosphides, phosphorus

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Received: 30 March 2017
Revised: 04 May 2017
Accepted: 07 May 2017
Published: 24 August 2017
Issue date: December 2017

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© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2017

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51673157), Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Project (No. G00849), and the Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage project (No. LP120200432). Q. X. thanks for funding support from the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The authors would like to thank Dr. Tania Silver and Dingping Cui for critical reading of the paper.

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