Stable Cycling of Sodium Metal Anodes Enabled by a Sodium/Silica‐Gel Host

Autor: Angelica Petrongari, Mariarosaria Tuccillo, Dr. Andrea Ciccioli, Prof. Alessandro Latini, Prof. Sergio Brutti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: ChemElectroChem, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2196-0216
DOI: 10.1002/celc.202201074
Popis: Abstract Sodium metal batteries (SMBs) are innovative and promising energy storage systems. SMBs are a competitive technological paradigm compared to the state‐of‐the‐art lithium‐ion batteries thanks to the high specific capacity of sodium metal, i. e., 1166 mAh g−1, and the Na+/Na0 low redox potential of −2.71 V vs. standard hydrogen electrode. Unstable solid electrolyte interface (SEI), uncontrolled overpotentials and dendrite growth of sodium are the main drawbacks that hinder the development of SMBs. Herein, we propose a functionalized silica gel material with extended porosity (NaSGII) as an active host material in order to obtain stable cycling of sodium metal anodes. NaSGII was incorporated in composite electrodes using a conductive carbon additive and polymeric binders and the functional properties in SMBs cells demonstrated by galvanostatic tests. A Butler‐Volmer analysis demonstrated an improvement of electrokinetic parameters induced by NaSGII.
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