Citation: Wenjie Ma, Yakun Tang, Yue Zhang, Lang Liu, Bin Tang, Dianzeng Jia, Yuliang Cao. Cation-disordered Li₂FeTiO₄ nanoparticles with multiple cation and anion redox for symmetric lithium-ion batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(9): 110346. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110346 shu

Cation-disordered Li₂FeTiO₄ nanoparticles with multiple cation and anion redox for symmetric lithium-ion batteries

Wenjie Ma ^a ,
Yakun Tang ^{a, *,} ,
Yue Zhang ^a ,
Lang Liu ^{a, *,} ,
Bin Tang ^b ,
Dianzeng Jia ^a ,
Yuliang Cao ^{a, c, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Utilization of Carbon Based Energy Resources; Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
b.
Interdisciplinary Research Center for Sustainable Energy Science and Engineering (IRC4SE2); School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
c.
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

yktang@xju.edu.cn

liulang@xju.edu.cn

ylcao@whu.edu.cn

Received Date: 8 July 2024
Accepted Date: 16 August 2024
Available Online: 17 August 2024

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Symmetric secondary batteries are expected to become promising storage devices on account of their low cost, environmentally friendly and high safety. Nevertheless, the further development of symmetric batteries needs to rely on bipolar electrodes with superior performance. Cation-disordered rocksalt (DRX) Li₂FeTiO₄ shows promising properties as symmetric electrodes, based on the ability of iron to undergo multiple electrochemical reactions over a wide voltage window. Unfortunately, this cation-disordered structure would not provide a cross-path for the rapid migration of Li⁺, ultimately resulting in inferior electrochemical dynamics and cycle stability. Herein, Li₂FeTiO₄ nanoparticles assembled by ultrafine nanocrystals are synthesized via a sol-gel method through an orderly reaction regulation strategy of precursor reactants. Such ultrafine nanocrystals increase the active sites to promote the reversibility of multi-cationic (e.g., stable Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺, Ti³⁺/Ti⁴⁺ and moderated Fe³⁺/Fe⁴⁺) and anionic redox, and maintain the DRX structure well during the cycling process. The half cells with nano-sized Li₂FeTiO₄ as the cathode/anode exhibit a high reversible capacity of 127.8/500.8 mAh/g, respectively. Besides, the Li₂FeTiO₄//Li₂FeTiO₄ symmetric full cell could provide a reversible capacity of 95.4 mAh/g at 0.1 A/g after 200 cycles. This hierarchical self-assembly by nanocrystal strategy could offer effective guidance for high-performance electrode design for rechargeable secondary batteries.
- Li₂FeTiO₄,
- Cation-disordered,
- Reversible cationic and anionic redox,
- Regulating nucleation rate,
- Symmetric lithium-ion batteries
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