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Ti-substitution Facilitating Anionic Redox and Cycle Stability in P2-type Na2/3Mn2/3Ni1/3O2 Na-ion Battery Cathode
Neha Dagar1, Samriddhi Saxena1, Hari Narayanan Vasavan1
1Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India.
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P2-type layered oxides have attracted tremendous attention as the leading candidate for the cathode material in Na-ion batteries owing to their ease of synthesis and facile Na-ion diffusion. In this work, an in-depth investigation of the electrochemical behavior of P2-type (space group P63/mmc) 10% Ti-doped Na2/3Mn2/3Ni1/3O2 is carried out in different voltage ranges (1.5-4.0 V, 2.0-4.0 V, and 2.0-4.5 V). Ti4+ doping is found to disrupt the Na-ion/vacancy ordering and increase the Na-O2 layer spacings, which results in improved rate performance (~68 mAh g-1 at 5C in the 2.0-4.0 V range). In the 2.0-4.5 V range, Na2/3Mn0.567Ti0.100Ni1/3O2 (NMNT) exhibits a reduced initial specific discharge capacity of 140 mAh g-1 and significantly improved capacity retention of 71% after 100 cycles due to enhanced reversibility of anionic redox. Better charge-discharge cycling stability of NMNT (80% capacity retention at 0.33C in 1.5-4.0 V range) evidences the Ti4+-induced disruption of cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion. Galvanostatic intermittent titration results confirm higher Na+ diffusion coefficients in NMNT. Interestingly, a marginally higher cathode-electrolyte interphase resistance in NMNT is endorsed by electrochemical impedance measurements, while the overall cell resistance and the charge-transfer resistance are much lower (by ~45% and ~56.7%, respectively) than in Na2/3Mn2/3Ni1/3O2.
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