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Vol. 14 (2022)

Post-Synthetic and In Situ Vacancy Repairing of Iron Hexacyanoferrate Toward Highly Stable Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00742-z
Min Wan
School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Rui Zeng
School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, People’s Republic of China
Jingtao Meng
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Zexiao Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Weilun Chen
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Jiayu Peng
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Wuxing Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Yunhui Huang
State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Yunhui Huang

huangyh@hust.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 14 (2022), Article Number: 9

Abstract

Iron hexacyanoferrate (FeHCF) is a promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. However, FeHCF always suffers from a poor cycling stability, which is closely related to the abundant vacancy defects in its framework. Herein, post-synthetic and in-situ vacancy repairing strategies are proposed for the synthesis of high-quality FeHCF in a highly concentrated Na4Fe(CN)6 solution. Both the post-synthetic and in-situ vacancy repaired FeHCF products (FeHCF-P and FeHCF-I) show the significant decrease in the number of vacancy defects and the reinforced structure, which can suppress the side reactions and activate the capacity from low-spin Fe in FeHCF. In particular, FeHCF-P delivers a reversible discharge capacity of 131 mAh g−1 at 1 C and remains 109 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles, with a capacity retention of 83%. FeHCF-I can deliver a high discharge capacity of 158.5 mAh g−1 at 1 C. Even at 10 C, the FeHCF-I electrode still maintains a discharge specific capacity of 103 mAh g−1 and retains 75% after 800 cycles. This work provides a new vacancy repairing strategy for the solution synthesis of high-quality FeHCF.


Highlights:


1 Post-synthetic and in-situ vacancy repairing strategies effectively decrease the defects in FeHCF.
2 Vacancy reduction improves the structure and cycling stability of FeHCF.
3 Vacancy reduction boosts the capacity contribution from low-spin Fe in FeHCF.

Keywords

Iron hexacyanoferrate Cathode Vacancy repairing Sodium-ion batteries
Wan, Min, Rui Zeng, Jingtao Meng, Zexiao Cheng, Weilun Chen, Jiayu Peng, Wuxing Zhang, and Yunhui Huang. 2021. “Post-Synthetic and In Situ Vacancy Repairing of Iron Hexacyanoferrate Toward Highly Stable Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 14 (December):9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00742-z.
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