Issue 37, 2022

A general strategy to enhance the electrochemical activity and energy density of energy-storage materials through using sintering aids with redox activity: a case study of Mo4Nb26O77

Abstract

The solid-state reaction method for energy-storage material preparations is simple and cost effective, thereby being suitable for industrialization. However, its sintering temperatures are generally high, resulting in large-sized (>1 μm) primary particles with low electrochemical activity. Here, based on a Mo4Nb26O77 model material, we explore a general modification of the solid-state reaction method through using sintering aids with redox activity and successfully prepare Mo4Nb26O77 with submicron-sized (∼200 nm) primary particles at a low sintering temperature of only 700 °C. The resultant high electrochemical activity of Mo4Nb26O77 and its additional Mo-based redox activity which originated from the MoO3 sintering aid enable its large practical capacity of 366 mA h g−1, which is the largest in the field of niobate anode materials. Mo4Nb26O77 further exhibits a relatively low working potential since more Nb4+ ions are reduced to Nb3+ ions at low potentials. Additionally, Mo4Nb26O77 has high rate performance and good cyclability when external Li+ ions mainly occupy the interstices between the (010) crystallographic planes of its open and stable shear ReO3 crystal structure. Good low-temperature electrochemical properties are also achieved as a result of the high electrochemical activity. Therefore, this anode material has great practicability for high-performance Li+ storage.

Graphical abstract: A general strategy to enhance the electrochemical activity and energy density of energy-storage materials through using sintering aids with redox activity: a case study of Mo4Nb26O77

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 mar 2022
Accepted
16 iyn 2022
First published
30 iyn 2022

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 19953-19962

A general strategy to enhance the electrochemical activity and energy density of energy-storage materials through using sintering aids with redox activity: a case study of Mo4Nb26O77

S. Li, J. Gao, Y. Ou, W. Wang, Q. Zhang, S. Gao, X. Liu and C. Lin, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 19953 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA02169B

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