Pillar-beam structures prevent layered cathode materials from destructive phase transitions

The specific capacity of P2-type sodium-ion battery cathode is limited because full extraction of Na ions leads to structural degradation. Here authors report pillar-beam structured material to overcome this issue by using K pillar ions to uphold the transition metal layers upon extraction of Na ion...

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Main Authors: Yuesheng Wang, Zimin Feng, Peixin Cui, Wen Zhu, Yue Gong, Marc-André Girard, Gilles Lajoie, Julie Trottier, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Yan Wang, Wenhua Zuo, Yong Yang, John B. Goodenough, Karim Zaghib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20169-1