Citation: Guoguang Xu, Qi Wang, Yi Su, Meinan Liu, Qingwen Li, Yuegang Zhang. Revealing Electrochemical Sodiation Mechanism of Orthogonal-Nb₂O₅ Nanosheets by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2022, 38(8): 200907. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202009073 shu

Revealing Electrochemical Sodiation Mechanism of Orthogonal-Nb₂O₅ Nanosheets by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

Guoguang Xu ^{1, 2} ,
Qi Wang ² ,
Yi Su ³ ,
Meinan Liu ^{1, 2} ,
Qingwen Li ^{1, 2} ,
Yuegang Zhang ^{2, 3,,}

1.
School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230031, China
2.
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu Province, China
3.
Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Corresponding author: Yuegang Zhang, yuegang.zhang@tsinghua.edu.cn
Received Date: 22 September 2020
Revised Date: 22 October 2020
Accepted Date: 26 October 2020
Available Online: 2 November 2020
Fund Project: the National Key R & D Program of China 2016YFB0100100the National Natural Science Foundation of China U1832218the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21433013

With the development of clean energy sources such as solar and wind power, large-scale energy storage technologies will play a significant role in the rational utilization of clean energy. Sodium ion batteries have garnered considerable attention for large-scale energy storage owing to their low cost and the presence of abundant sodium resources. It is particularly crucial to develop electrode materials for sodium battery with good rate capability and long cycle life. Orthogonal-phase niobium oxide (T-Nb₂O₅) exhibits good potential to be used as anode material for sodium-ion batteries owing to its high theoretical specific capacity (200 mAh·g⁻¹) and high ionic diffusion coefficient. Furthermore, it demonstrates a better performance than that of graphite and exhibits a higher specific capacity than that of Li₄TiO₄ when used in sodium-ion batteries. However, its poor electrical conductivity has hindered its practical application. Recently, effective strategies such as coating with carbon materials or metal conductive particles have been developed to overcome this issue. Although the electrochemical performance of T-Nb₂O₅ has been improved, the sodiation mechanism of T-Nb₂O₅ is still unclear. It is considered to be similar to the lithium mechanism wherein lithium ions diffuse rapidly on the (001) planes, but exhibit difficulty in diffusing across the (001) planes. In this study, the electrochemical sodiation behaviors along the (001) lattice planes and the [001] direction of the T-Nb₂O₅ nanosheet are studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results indicate that there are a large number of dislocations and domain boundaries in nanocrystals. Furthermore, it was observed that, sodium ions can diffuse across the (001) lattice planes through these defects, and then diffuse rapidly on the (001) planes. Meanwhile, we found a modulation structure in the [001] direction of the original nanosheet, in which alternating compressive and tensile strains were observed. These strain distributions can be regulated by the insertion of sodium ions, while the modulation structure is maintained. Moreover, the in situ TEM method used in this work can be applied to various energy materials.
- In situ transmission electron microscopy,
- T-Nb₂O₅ nanosheet,
- Sodium ion battery,
- Sodiation mechanism
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