Yang J, Choi D, Kim KS, Kim DU, Kim J. Poly(vinylalcohol) (PVA) Assisted Sol-Gel Fabrication of Porous Carbon Network-Na
3V
2(PO
4)
3 (NVP) Composites Cathode for Enhanced Kinetics in Sodium Ion Batteries.
Polymers (Basel) 2021;
14:polym14010149. [PMID:
35012171 PMCID:
PMC8747463 DOI:
10.3390/polym14010149]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Na3V2(PO4)3 is regarded as one of the promising cathode materials for next-generation sodium ion batteries, but its undesirable electrochemical performances due to inherently low electrical conductivity have limited its direct use for applications. Motivated by the limit, this study employed a porous carbon network to obtain a porous carbon network–Na3V2(PO4)3 composite by using poly(vinylalcohol) assised sol-gel method. Compared with the typical carbon-coating approach, the formation of a porous carbon network ensured short ion diffusion distances, percolating electrolytes by distributing nanosized Na3V2(PO4)3 particles in the porous carbon network and suppressing the particle aggregation. As a result, the porous carbon network–Na3V2(PO4)3 composite exhibited improved electrochemical performances, i.e., a higher specific discharge capacity (~110 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C), outstanding kinetic properties (~68 mAh g−1 at 50 C), and stable cyclic stability (capacity retention of 99% over 100 cycles at 1 C).
Collapse