Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Antisite occupation induced single anionic redox chemistry and structural stabilization of layered sodium chromium sulfide

  • Zulipiya Shadike,
  • Yong-Ning Zhou,
  • Lan-Li Chen,
  • Qu Wu,
  • Ji-Li Yue,
  • Nian Zhang,
  • Xiao-Qing Yang,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Xiao-Song Liu,
  • Si-Qi Shi,
  • Zheng-Wen Fu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00677-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The rational design of intercalation electrodes is largely confined to the optimization of redox chemistry of transition metals and oxygen. Here, the authors report the single anionic redox process in NaCrS2 where it is sulfur rather than chromium that works as the electrochemical active species.