[HTML][HTML] Liquid-metal electrode to enable ultra-low temperature sodium–beta alumina batteries for renewable energy storage

X Lu, G Li, JY Kim, D Mei, JP Lemmon… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Commercial sodium–sulphur or sodium–metal halide batteries typically need an operating
temperature of 300–350° C, and one of the reasons is poor wettability of liquid sodium on …

Toward High Performance Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries: From Hard Carbons to Anode-Free Systems

Z Liu, Z Lu, S Guo, QH Yang, H Zhou - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have been deemed to be a promising energy storage
technology in terms of cost-effectiveness and sustainability. However, the electrodes often …

[PDF][PDF] Ion-solvent chemistry-inspired cation-additive strategy to stabilize electrolytes for sodium-metal batteries

X Chen, X Shen, TZ Hou, R Zhang, HJ Peng, Q Zhang - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
Building stable electrolytes is one of the key technologies for sodium (Na)-metal batteries as
the reactive nature and the dendritic growth of Na-metal anodes. Herein, a paradigmatic and …

Embedding a percolated dual-conductive skeleton with high sodiophilicity toward stable sodium metal anodes

X Zheng, W Yang, Z Wang, L Huang, S Geng, J Wen… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The high theoretical capacity and earth-abundancy of metallic sodium (Na) endow it with
high potential as the ultimate anode for batteries based on Na-ion chemistry. Nevertheless …

Recent tactics and advances in the application of metal sulfides as high‐performance anode materials for rechargeable sodium‐ion batteries

YV Lim, XL Li, HY Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The successful development of post‐lithium technologies depends on two key elements:
performance and economy. Because sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) can potentially satisfy both …

Rapidly Constructing Sodium Fluoride‐Rich Interface by Pressure and Diglyme‐Induced Defluorination Reaction for Stable Sodium Metal Anode

W Zhang, X Yang, J Wang, J Zheng, K Yue, T Liu… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium (Na) metal is able to directly use as a battery anode but have a highly reductive
ability of unavoidably occurring side reactions with organic electrolytes, resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the low-temperature operation of sodium metal batteries combining linear and cyclic ether-based electrolyte solutions

C Wang, AC Thenuwara, J Luo, PP Shetty… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Nonaqueous sodium-based batteries are ideal candidates for the next generation of
electrochemical energy storage devices. However, despite the promising performance at …

Recent advanced skeletons in sodium metal anodes

C Chu, R Li, F Cai, Z Bai, Y Wang, X Xu… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The sodium metal anode exhibits great potential in next-generation high-energy-density
batteries due to its high theoretical capacity (1165 mA hg− 1) at low redox potential (− 2.71 V …

Rethinking sodium-ion anodes as nucleation layers for anode-free batteries

AP Cohn, T Metke, J Donohue… - Journal of materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we report a room-temperature sodium metal battery, where the sodium initially stored
in a Na3V2 (PO4) 3 cathode is plated, upon charging, onto an aluminum current collector …

Toward the Advanced Next‐Generation Solid‐State Na‐S Batteries: Progress and Prospects

J Ma, M Wang, H Zhang, Z Shang, L Fu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although batteries fitted with sodium metal anodes and sulfur cathodes are attractive for their
higher energy density and lower cost, the threat of polysulfide migration in organic liquid …