Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Operando visualisation of battery chemistry in a sodium-ion battery by 23Na magnetic resonance imaging

  • Joshua M. Bray,
  • Claire L. Doswell,
  • Galina E. Pavlovskaya,
  • Lin Chen,
  • Brij Kishore,
  • Heather Au,
  • Hande Alptekin,
  • Emma Kendrick,
  • Maria-Magdalena Titirici,
  • Thomas Meersmann,
  • Melanie M. Britton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15938-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Na-ion batteries offer multiple advantages, but there is a critical need for improved materials and understanding of sodiation mechanisms. Here the authors deploy operando 23Na magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy to observe sodium battery chemistry and dendrite formation, enabling new insight.