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Published on: November 11, 2013
Tungsten and Boron Codoping toward High Ionic Conductivity and Stable Sodium Solid Electrolyte for All-Solid-State
Lan Wang1,2, Gaozhan Liu2, Yunming Li2
1School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, P.R. China.
Abstract:
Sodium solid electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and good interfacial stability with sodium metal are crucial to realize high-performance all-solid-state sodium batteries. In this work, W and B-codoped Na3Sb1-WS4-B solid electrolytes are prepared by melt-quenching with further annealing. The synthesized Na3Sb0.95W0.05S3.95B0.05 solid electrolyte possesses a high ionic conductivity of 11.06 mS cm-1 under 25 °C and shows significantly improved interface compatibility with metal sodium. Specifically, Na/Na3Sb0.95W0.05S3.95B0.05/Na symmetric cell can stable cycle for 500 h under a current density of 0.05 mA cm-2. In addition, the resultant TiS2/Na3Sb0.95W0.05S3.95B0.05/Na battery exhibits an initial charge capacity of 164.1 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C with a capacity retention of 76.4% after 100 cycles. This work provides a new strategy to realize the high ionic conductivity of sodium solid electrolytes with improved interfacial stability with sodium anode.
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