The structural role of Mg in enhancing the performance of P2-type Na2/3Ni1/3-xMgxMn2/3O2 cathode materials

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Na-ion batteries have become an important area of research in the last few years. Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 with the P2-type structure is a promising cathode in Na-ion batteries due to its high capacity and stability. However, it experiences a structural transition at high voltages (by gliding of the transition metal layers) that causes a detrimental effect on the battery life. Our studies have shown that Mg-doped Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 materials exhibit excellent performance with capacities greater than 130 mAh g-1 that remain stable up to 20 cycles. These results contrast to the undoped materials, where a capacity loss of 43.7% is observed. We propose a 5.5 day experiment on POLARIS to deliver a model of the long-range and short-range (using PDF analysis) to understand the role of Mg on the stabilisation of these compounds and thus its performance and further optimisation.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.60524012
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/60524012
Provenance
Creator Dr Robert Armstrong; Professor Peter Bruce; Dr Urmimala Maitra; Mr James Somerville; Dr Nuria Tapia; Dr Matthew Tucker
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-04-29T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z