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Guo, Yayu

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A Sulfide‐Based Solid Electrolyte With High Humid Air Tolerance for Long Lifespan All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries

Abstract Sulfide‐based superionic conductors present great promise to achieve high energy density and safety for all‐solid‐state sodium batteries (ASSSBs). However, the poor electrolyte/electrode interface compatibility and humid air stability seriously hinder their deployment in ASSSBs. Herein, a series of high‐performance Na 3‐□ Sb 1‐4x (SnWCaTi) x S 4 sulfide‐based solid electrolytes (SSEs) are reported by coupling the vacancy effect with configurational entropy, which displays an excellent interface stability against sodium metal and an extraordinary tolerance toward the moist atmosphere, even for water. The optimized electrolyte effectively inhibits the detrimental mixed ion‐electron conducting interphase formation, achieving the ultra‐stable operation of Na–Na symmetric cell up to 1000 h. Furthermore, the Na + diffusion kinetics is obviously enhanced by increasing the Na sites local anisotropy and Na vacancies. Eventually, the assembled TiS 2 //Na 5 Sn ASSSBs deliver a remarkable reversible capacity of 211.6 mAh g −1 at 0.5C with a long‐term cycling performance of 450 cycles at room temperature. More importantly, it achieves a steady running up to 100 cycles at 1C even if this electrolyte is placed in the air with a dew temperature of 13.8 °C for 30 min, the highest values in the state‐of‐the‐art sulfide‐based ASSSBs. The well‐designed SSEs open a new avenue for realizing the advanced and powerful ASSSBs.

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Multiple Functional Bonds Integrated Interphases for Long Cycle Sodium-Ion Batteries

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have garnered significant interest as one of the most promising energy suppliers for power grid energy storage. However, the poor electrode/electrolyte interfacial stability leads to continual electrolyte decomposition and transition metal dissolution, resulting in rapid performance degradation of SIBs. In this work, we propose a strategy integrating multiple functional bonds to regulate electrode/electrolyte interphase by triple-coupling of succinonitrile (SN), sodium hexafluorophosphate (NaPF 6 ) and fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC). Theoretical calculation and experiment results show that the solvation structure of Na + and ClO 4 – is effectively reconfigured by the solvated FEC, SN and PF 6 – in PC-based carbonate electrolyte. The newly developed electrolyte demonstrates increased Na + -FEC coordination, weakened interaction of Na + -PC and participation of SN and PF 6 – anions in solvation, resulting in the formation of a conformal interfacial layer comprising of sodium oxynitrides (NaN x O y ), sodium fluoride (NaF) and phosphorus oxide compounds (NaP x O y ). Consequently, a 3 Ah pouch full cell of hard carbon//NaNi 1/3 Fe 1/3 Mn 1/3 O 2 exhibits an excellent capacity retention of 90.4 % after 1000 cycles. Detailed postmortem analysis of interface chemistry is further illustrated by multiple characterization methods. Finally, this study provides a new avenue for developing electrolyte formulations with multiple functional bonds integrated interphases to significantly improve the long-term cycling stability of SIBs.

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