Rapid preparation of binary mixtures of sodium carboxylates as anodes in sodium-ion batteries
Date
28/05/2024Author
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EP/T005602/1
EP/T019298/1
EP/R023751/1
787073
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Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a sustainable solution to tackle the growing global energy demands. In this context, organic electrode materials complement such technologies as they are composed of earth-abundant elements. As organic anodes, sodium carboxylates exhibit promising applicability in a wide range of molecules. To harness the advantages of individual systems and to minimise their limitations, in this work, an approach to form binary mixtures of sodium carboxylates using one-pot, microwave-assisted synthesis is presented. The target mixtures were synthesised in 30 min with disodium naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate (Na-NDC) as a common constituent in all. Both components in all mixtures were shown to participate in the charge storage and had a considerable effect on the performance characteristics, such as specific capacity and working voltage, in half and full cell formats. This approach opens a new avenue for enabling organic materials to be considered as more competitive candidates in sodium-ion batteries and promote their use in other material classes to overcome their limitations.
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Desai , A V , Ettlinger , R , Seleghini , H S , Stanzione , M G , Cabañero , J , Ashbrook , S E , Morris , R & Armstrong , A R 2024 , ' Rapid preparation of binary mixtures of sodium carboxylates as anodes in sodium-ion batteries ' , Journal of Materials Chemistry A , vol. 12 , no. 20 , pp. 12119-12125 . https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06928A
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A
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Peer reviewed
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2050-7488Type
Journal article
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Funding: This work was supported by Faraday Institution (Grant – FIRG018). The authors thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the Light Element Facility Grant (EP/T019298/1) and Strategic Equipment Resource Grant (EP/R023751/1). R.E. and R.E.M. gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the European Research Council grant ADOR (Advanced Grant 787073). H.S.S. thanks the Allan Handsel Postgraduate Research Scholarship for Chemistry for funding.Collections
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