Mesoporous Amorphous FePO4Nanospheres as High-Performance Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries
- 23 May 2014
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 14 (6), 3539-3543
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl501152f
Abstract
FePO4 nanospheres are synthesized successfully through a simple chemically induced precipitation method. The nanospheres present a mesoporous amorphous structure. Electrochemical experiments show that the FePO4/C electrode demonstrates a high initial discharging capacity of 151 mAh g–1 at 20 mA g–1, stable cyclablilty (94% capacity retention ratio over 160 cycles), as well as high rate capability (44 mAh g–1 at 1000 mA g–1) for Na-ion storage. The superior electrochemical performance of the FePO4/C nanocomposite is due to its particular mesoporous amorphous structure and close contact with the carbon framework, which significantly improve the ionic and electronic transport and intercalation kinetics of Na ions.Keywords
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