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  • Electrochemistry
  • Energy Storage

Background:

  • Antimony (Sb) and bismuth (Bi) are promising anode materials for sodium-ion batteries due to their high capacity and low potential.
  • Structural instability, caused by stress and strain during sodium storage, leads to electrode failure and limits cycle life.
  • Existing alloy anodes often suffer from cracking and fracturing, hindering long-term performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and construct a Bix Sb1-x bimetallic alloy film with a compositional gradient.
  • To mitigate the intrinsic structural instability of Sb-Bi alloys during sodium storage.
  • To enhance the electrochemical performance and cycling stability of anode materials for sodium-ion batteries.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of Bix Sb1-x bimetallic alloy films with a controlled compositional gradient.
  • Electrochemical characterization, including galvanostatic cycling, to evaluate reversible capacity and cycling stability.
  • Analysis of structural integrity and stress distribution within the gradient film during sodium storage.

Main Results:

  • The gradient film exhibits a high reversible capacity of approximately 500 mAh g-1.
  • The engineered gradient structure significantly improves cycling stability, retaining 82% of initial capacity after 1000 cycles at 2 C.
  • The gradient design effectively reduces stress at the film-substrate interface, with Sb-rich top layers enhancing capacity and Bi-rich bottom layers mitigating stress.

Conclusions:

  • Compositional gradient engineering in Bi-Sb alloy films is a viable strategy to overcome structural instability in high-capacity anode materials.
  • The developed gradient film demonstrates superior performance compared to solid-solution alloys and other reported alloy anodes.
  • This approach offers a promising pathway for developing robust and high-performance anode materials for next-generation sodium-ion batteries.