Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Pillar-beam structures prevent layered cathode materials from destructive phase transitions

  • Yuesheng Wang,
  • Zimin Feng,
  • Peixin Cui,
  • Wen Zhu,
  • Yue Gong,
  • Marc-André Girard,
  • Gilles Lajoie,
  • Julie Trottier,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Wenhua Zuo,
  • Yong Yang,
  • John B. Goodenough,
  • Karim Zaghib

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20169-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The specific capacity of P2-type sodium-ion battery cathode is limited because full extraction of Na ions leads to structural degradation. Here authors report pillar-beam structured material to overcome this issue by using K pillar ions to uphold the transition metal layers upon extraction of Na ions.