TY - JOUR
T1 - Zinc Phosphides as Outstanding Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes
AU - Nam, Ki Hun
AU - Hwa, Yoon
AU - Park, Cheol Min
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (NRF-2018R1A2B6007112, NRF-2018R1A6A1A03025761).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - To design a high-performance sodium-ion battery anode, binary zinc phosphides (ZnP2 and Zn3P2) were synthesized by a facile solid-state heat treatment process, and their Na storage characteristics were evaluated. The Na reactivity of ZnP2 was better than that of Zn3P2. Therefore, a C-modified ZnP2-based composite (ZnP2-C) was fabricated to achieve better electrochemical performance. To investigate the electrochemical reaction mechanism of ZnP2-C during sodiation/desodiation, various ex situ analytical techniques were employed. During sodiation, ZnP2 in the composite was transformed into NaZn13 and Na3P phases, exhibiting a one-step conversion reaction. Conversely, Zn and P in NaZn13 and Na3P, respectively, were fully recombined to the original ZnP2 phase during desodiation. Owing to the one-step conversion/recombination of ZnP2 in the composite during cycling, the ZnP2-C showed high electrochemical performance with a highly reversible capacity of 883 mA h g-1 after 130 cycles with no capacity deterioration and a fast C-rate capability of 500 mA h g-1 at 1 C and 350 mA h g-1 at 3 C.
AB - To design a high-performance sodium-ion battery anode, binary zinc phosphides (ZnP2 and Zn3P2) were synthesized by a facile solid-state heat treatment process, and their Na storage characteristics were evaluated. The Na reactivity of ZnP2 was better than that of Zn3P2. Therefore, a C-modified ZnP2-based composite (ZnP2-C) was fabricated to achieve better electrochemical performance. To investigate the electrochemical reaction mechanism of ZnP2-C during sodiation/desodiation, various ex situ analytical techniques were employed. During sodiation, ZnP2 in the composite was transformed into NaZn13 and Na3P phases, exhibiting a one-step conversion reaction. Conversely, Zn and P in NaZn13 and Na3P, respectively, were fully recombined to the original ZnP2 phase during desodiation. Owing to the one-step conversion/recombination of ZnP2 in the composite during cycling, the ZnP2-C showed high electrochemical performance with a highly reversible capacity of 883 mA h g-1 after 130 cycles with no capacity deterioration and a fast C-rate capability of 500 mA h g-1 at 1 C and 350 mA h g-1 at 3 C.
KW - metal phosphide
KW - phosphorus-based anode
KW - sodium-ion batteries
KW - zinc phosphide
KW - zinc-based anode
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U2 - 10.1021/acsami.9b21803
DO - 10.1021/acsami.9b21803
M3 - Article
C2 - 32159333
AN - SCOPUS:85082779879
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 12
SP - 15053
EP - 15062
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 13
ER -