1Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, People’s Republic of China
2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s Republic of China
3School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
4Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, People’s Republic of China
5Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101, People’s Republic of China
【AIGC One Sentence Reading】:Artificial coatings combining zeolite and polymer enhance aqueous sodium-ion batteries' rechargeability and stability, expanding their electrochemical window and improving long-term performance without compromising cost and safety.
【AIGC Short Abstract】:This study introduces a novel artificial electrode coating for aqueous sodium-ion batteries, enhancing their rechargeability and stability. By combining NaX zeolite and a perfluorinated sulfonic polymer, the coating creates a molecular-sieving effect, rejecting hydrated Na+ ions while allowing dehydrated Na+ to pass through. This innovation widens the electrochemical window and significantly improves battery performance, demonstrating remarkable cycling stability after 200 cycles.
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Abstract
Aqueous sodium-ion batteries are known for poor rechargeability because of the competitive water decomposition reactions and the high electrode solubility. Improvements have been reported by salt-concentrated and organic-hybridized electrolyte designs, however, at the expense of cost and safety. Here, we report the prolonged cycling of ASIBs in routine dilute electrolytes by employing artificial electrode coatings consisting of NaX zeolite and NaOH-neutralized perfluorinated sulfonic polymer. The as-formed composite interphase exhibits a molecular-sieving effect jointly played by zeolite channels and size-shrunken ionic domains in the polymer matrix, which enables high rejection of hydrated Na+ ions while allowing fast dehydrated Na+ permeance. Applying this coating to electrode surfaces expands the electrochemical window of a practically feasible 2 mol kg–1 sodium trifluoromethanesulfonate aqueous electrolyte to 2.70 V and affords Na2MnFe(CN)6//NaTi2(PO4)3 full cells with an unprecedented cycling stability of 94.9% capacity retention after 200 cycles at 1 C. Combined with emerging electrolyte modifications, this molecular-sieving interphase brings amplified benefits in long-term operation of ASIBs.