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In this work, a facile salt‐templated approach is developed for the preparation of hollow FeSe2/graphitic carbon composite microspheres as sodium‐ion battery anodes; these are composed of interconnected multicavities and an enclosed surface in‐plane embedded with uniform hollow FeSe2 nanoparticles. As the precursor, Fe2O3/carbon microspheres containing NaCl nanocrystals are obtained using one‐pot...
Slow ion kinetics of negative electrode materials is the main factor of limiting fast charge and discharge of batteries. Sluggish Na+ kinetics property leads to large electrode polarization, resulting in poor rate and cyclic performances. Herein, an electrode of ultrasmall tin nanoparticles decorated in N, S codoped carbon monolith (TCM) with exceptional high‐rate capability and ultrastable cycling...
Preventing the aggregation of nanosized electrode materials is a key point to fully utilize the advantage of the high capacity. In this work, a facile and low‐cost surface solvation treatment is developed to synthesize Fe2VO4 hierarchical porous microparticles, which efficiently prevents the aggregation of the Fe2VO4 primary nanoparticles. The reaction between alcohol molecules and surface hydroxy...
Metal sulfides possess tremendous potentials owing to their high specific capacity for sodium storage. However, the huge volume expansion, accompanied with structural collapse and unsatisfied electric conductivity upon continuous cycling, always lead to inferior rate capability and severe cycling fading. In this work, binary metal sulfide (ZnS/SnS2) nanoboxes confined in N/S dual‐doped carbon shell...
Rapidly developed Na‐ion batteries are highly attractive for grid energy storage. Nevertheless, the safety issues of Na‐ion batteries are still a bottleneck for large‐scale applications. Similar to Li‐ion batteries (LIBs), the safety of Na‐ion batteries is considered to be tightly associated with the electrolyte and electrode/electrolyte interphase. Although the knowledge obtained from LIBs is helpful,...
Na‐ion batteries are considered as the most promising candidate for large‐scale energy storage systems, due to their potentially low cost and recent continuing progress. For further commercialization, the safety issue of Na‐ion batteries is receiving rising attention. In article number 1805479, Hongfa Xiang, Yan Yu, and co‐workers introduce the recent efforts from nonaqueous electrolytes and interphase...
The increasing demands for renewable energy to substitute traditional fossil fuels and related large‐scale energy storage systems (EES) drive developments in battery technology and applications today. The lithium‐ion battery (LIB), the trendsetter of rechargeable batteries, has dominated the market for portable electronics and electric vehicles and is seeking a participant opportunity in the grid‐scale...
With ever‐increasing efforts focused on basic research of sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) and growing energy demand, sodium‐ion full cells (SIFCs), as unique bridging technology between sodium‐ion half‐cells (SIHCs) and commercial batteries, have attracted more and more interest and attention. To promote the development of SIFCs in a better way, it is essential to gain a systematic and profound insight...
Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are attracting increasing attention and considered to be a low‐cost complement or an alternative to lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), especially for large‐scale energy storage. Their application, however, is limited because of the lack of suitable host materials to reversibly intercalate Na+ ions. Layered transition metal oxides (NaxMO2, M = Fe, Mn, Ni, Co, Cr, Ti, V, and their...
In article number 1901995, Yanglong Hou and co‐workers demonstrate a simplistic, scalable and general synthesis strategy employing various combinations of binary transition metal selenides (B‐TMSs) with high surface area and hierarchical nanosheet structures as promising anodes for sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Representative B‐TMSs anodes present adequately high energy capacities, excellent rate capabilities...
Multiple transition metals containing chalcogenides have recently drawn boosted attraction as anodes for sodium ion batteries (SIBs). Their greatly enhanced electrochemical performances can be attributed to the superior intrinsic conductivities and richer redox reactions, comparative to mono metal chalcogenides. To employ various binary metals comprising selenides (B‐TMSs) for SIBs, discovery of a...
Cellulose is a promising natural bio‐macromolecule due to its abundance, renewability and low cost. Here, a new method is developed to prepare pre‐sodiated carbonaceous anodes for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) from cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) under microwave irradiation for potential ultrafast and large‐scale manufacturing. While direct carbonization of CNFs through microwave treatment is usually impossible...
In article number 1901724, Jia Huang and co‐workers design a facile and fast method for preparing carbonaceous anode from natural cellulose nanofibers with the graphene initiator by microwave irradiation. The graphene and the microwave‐carbonized cellulose nanofibers provide a smooth channel for both electrons and ion transportation, which deliver excellent sodium storage performance.
Potassium manganese hexacyanoferrate (KMHCF) is a low‐cost Prussian blue analogue (PBA) having a rigid and open framework that can accommodate large alkali ions. Herein, the synthesis of KMHCF and its application as a high‐performance cathode in sodium‐ion batteries (NIBs) is reported. High‐quality KMHCF with low amounts of crystal water and defects and with homogeneous microstructure is obtained...
In article number 1902881, Liang Shi, Jianming Li, Genqiang Zhang, and co‐workers achieve the designed formation of hybrid nanoboxes composed of carbon protected CoSe2 nanoparticles strongly coupled with nitrogen‐doped carbon skeleton (denoted as CoSe2@C∩NC) via a template assisted refluxing process followed by conventional selenization treatment, which enables excellent electrochemical performance...
Research on sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) has recently been revitalized due to the unique features of much lower costs and comparable energy/power density to lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), which holds great potential for grid‐level energy storage systems. Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are considered as promising anode candidates for SIBs with high theoretical capacity, while their intrinsic...
Although graphite materials have been applied as commercial anodes in lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), there still remain abundant spaces in the development of carbon‐based anode materials for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs). Herein, an electrospinning route is reported to fabricate nitrogen‐doped carbon nanofibers with interweaved nanochannels (NCNFs‐IWNC) that contain robust interconnected 1D porous channels,...
SnS2 has been widely studied as an anode material for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) based on the high theoretical capacity and layered structure. Unfortunately, rapid capacity decay associated with volume variation during cycling limits practical application. Herein, SnS2/Co3S4 hollow nanocubes anchored on S‐doped graphene are synthesized for the first time via coprecipitation and hydrothermal methods...
As promising cathode materials, iron‐based phosphate compounds have attracted wide attention for sodium‐ion batteries due to their low cost and safety. Among them, sodium iron fluorophosphate (Na2FePO4F) is widely noted due to its layered structure and high operating voltage compared with NaFePO4. Here, a mesoporous Na2FePO4F@C (M‐NFPF@C) composite derived from mesoporous FePO4 is synthesized through...
Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) toward large‐scale energy storage applications has fascinated researchers in recent years owing to the low cost, environmental friendliness, and inestimable abundance. The similar chemical and electrochemical properties of sodium and lithium make sodium an easy substitute for lithium in lithium‐ion batteries. However, the main issues of limited cycle life, low energy density,...
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