Determination of the synthesis diagram of sodium cobalt oxide and electrochemical study

[摘要] A complete and uniform synthesis diagram of NaxCoO₂ has been proposed based on forty-one samples synthesized at various temperatures from 450°C to 750°C by solid-state reactions with initial Na:Co ratio ranging from 0.60 to 1.05. Four monophasic domains of;; O3, O3;;, P3;; and P2 and four biphasic regions were revealed based on an XRD analysis. The sodium contents in these phases were determined according to the d00j-x relations obtained by an in situ XRD experiment and it is found O3, O3;; and P3;; phase almost form with only one stoichiometry, that is x=1.00, 0.83 and 0.67 respectively, by solid-state reaction while P2 phase forms in a slightly larger composition range from 0.68 to 0.76. Galvanostatic charging on O3-Na₁.₀₀CoO₂ battery reveals several plateaus and steep steps on the voltage curve, the corresponding phase transitions and solid solution behaviors were studied by a simultaneous in situ XRD experiment. The composition driven structural evolution in three layer NaXCoO₂ follows the sequence: O3-O3;;-P3;;-P3-P3;;, with a generally increased interslab distance d₀₀l.

[发布机构] Massachusetts Institute of Technology