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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 21/07/2014 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | ChemPhysChem |
Issue number | 10 |
Volume | 15 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 2121-2128 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Room-temperature sodium-ion batteries have the potential to become the technology of choice for large-scale electrochemical energy storage because of the high sodium abundance and low costs. However, not many materials meet the performance requirements for practical applications. Here, we report a novel sodium-ion battery electrode material, Na2.55V6O16 center dot 0.6H(2)O, that shows significant capacities and stabilities at high current rates up to 800 mA g(-1). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements are carried out to better understand the underlying reactions. Moreover, due to the different oxidation states of vanadium, this material can also be employed in a symmetric full cell, which would decrease production costs even further. For these full cells, capacity and stability tests are conducted using various cathode: anode mass ratios.