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  • Metal-based catalysts are promising for sodium-CO2 batteries.
  • Rational catalyst design is hindered by a lack of universal performance principles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a descriptor for connecting catalytic properties to sodium-CO2 battery performance.
  • To guide the rational design of high-performance catalysts.

Main Methods:

  • Investigated d-p orbital hybridization between metal centers and oxygen p-orbitals.
  • Developed electronic structure-based theoretical descriptors.
  • Screened catalysts using the d-p orbital hybridization descriptor.

Main Results:

  • Identified d-p orbital hybridization as key to Na2C2O4 formation/decomposition.
  • Designed a Pd-based catalyst achieving 1800h stability, 85.5% energy efficiency, and 0.49V overpotential.
  • Validated descriptor accuracy through correlation with Gibbs free energy.

Conclusions:

  • d-p orbital hybridization is a predictive descriptor for controlling discharge products in Na-CO2 batteries.
  • This descriptor facilitates the design of high-energy-density sodium-CO2 batteries.