Nano-Micro Letters (Jul 2024)

Impact of Transition Metal Layer Vacancy on the Structure and Performance of P2 Type Layered Sodium Cathode Material

  • Orynbay Zhanadilov,
  • Sourav Baiju,
  • Natalia Voronina,
  • Jun Ho Yu,
  • A-Yeon Kim,
  • Hun-Gi Jung,
  • Kyuwook Ihm,
  • Olivier Guillon,
  • Payam Kaghazchi,
  • Seung-Taek Myung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01439-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Highlights Vacancy in the transition metal layer of sodium cathode material induces the formation lone-pair electrons in the O 2p orbital. Material delivers more capacity from the oxygen redox validated by density functional calculation. Widened dominance of the OP4 phase without releasing O2 gas.

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