articleNature CommunicationsJul 17, 2014HYBRID OA

A 3.8-V earth-abundant sodium battery electrode

Kyoto University · Indian Institute of Science Bangalore · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Rechargeable lithium batteries have ushered the wireless revolution over last two decades and are now matured to enable green automobiles. However, the growing concern on scarcity and large-scale applications of lithium resources have steered effort to realize sustainable sodium-ion batteries, Na and Fe being abundant and low-cost charge carrier and redox centre, respectively. However, their performance is limited owing to low operating voltage and sluggish kinetics. Here we report a hitherto-unknown material with entirely new composition and structure with the first alluaudite-type sulphate framework, Na2Fe2(SO4)3, registering the highest-ever Fe(3+)/Fe(2+) redox potential at 3.8 V (versus Na, and hence 4.1 V…

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