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Superior rate performance and structural evolution of O3-type layered NaCrO2 for sodium ion batteries at high temperatures

钠离子电池用O3型层状NaCrO2**极材料在高温下的优异倍率性能和结构演变

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In order to meet the practical application of sodium ion batteries (SIBs), a low energy consumption method is recommended to synthesize the layered NaCrO2 cathode materials. Enabled by the larger Na+ diffusion coefficients promoted by a proper high temperature, the as-synthesized O3-type NaCrO2 material shows superior rate performance even at elevated temperatures, exhibiting 47.4 mA h g−1 at 100 C and 60°C. Opposite to the good cyclic capability at room temperature, however, the high-temperature cyclability of NaCrO2 deteriorates due to the complex irreversible structural evolution in NaCrO2 during cycling at elevated temperatures. This work boosts the industrial development of layered oxide cathode materials for SIBs with outstanding high-rate performance especially at high temperatures, and in the meantime deepens the understanding of the high-temperature capacity decay mechanism for layered oxide cathode materials.

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为满足钠离子电池的实际应用, 本文采用一种低能耗方法合成了层状NaCrO2**极材料. 合成的O3型NaCrO2**极材料即使在高温下也表现出优异的倍率性能. 在60°C, 100 C倍率下测试时比容量高达47.4 mA h g−1, 这是由于适当的高温促进了Na+的扩散. 然而, 与室温下良好的循环性能相比, 高温循环过程中NaCrO2发生了复杂的不可逆结构演变, 这导致NaCrO2高温循环性能下降. 这项工作将推动具有优异倍率性能、尤其是优异高温倍率性能的钠离子电池层状氧化物**极材料的产业化发展, 同时加深对层状氧化物**极材料高温容量衰减机制的理解.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21673051) and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (2021A1515010388). The authors would like to acknowledge the partial experimental facilities provided by Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory.

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    **angcong Meng  (孟祥聪), **ji Liang  (梁锦记), Min Liang  (梁敏), Wenya Li  (**文雅), Chenhan Lin  (林琛翰), ** Ke  (柯曦), Zhicong Shi  (施志聪) & Liying Liu  (刘丽英)

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Meng X and Liang J synthesized the samples and conducted the tests; Liang M, Li W, and Lin C participated in the analysis and discussion of the data; Ke X offered helpful suggestion; Meng X wrote the article with the support of Liu L and Shi Z.

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**angcong Meng received his Bachelor’s degree from Zhengzhou University. He is currently a Master student at Guangdong University of Technology. His research interests mainly focus on high-performance cathode materials for lithium/sodium-ion batteries.

Liying Liu received her Bachelor degree from the Central South University of Technology in 1998 and then obtained the PhD degree from the Northeastern University in 2006. She is now an associate professor at Guangdong University of Technology. She ever worked as a visiting fellow at the University of Wollongong in Australia for two years. Her research focuses on electrode materials for alkali metal ion batteries.

Zhicong Shi received his PhD degree in physical chemistry from **amen University in 2005. He joined Dalian University of Technology as an associate professor after a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, Canada. Now he is a professor at the School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology. His current research interests focus on the design, characterization, and understanding of the working mechanism of materials for supercapacitors, batteries and fuel cells.

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Meng, X., Liang, J., Liang, M. et al. Superior rate performance and structural evolution of O3-type layered NaCrO2 for sodium ion batteries at high temperatures. Sci. China Mater. 66, 3445–3452 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-023-2493-9

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