Superoxide-based Na-O2 batteries: Background, current status and future prospects

X Lin, Q Sun, JT Kim, X Li, J Zhang, X Sun - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Na-O 2 batteries are considered a promising energy storage device for powering next-
generation electric vehicles, due to their high theoretical energy density, high energy …

Optimizing NaF‐Rich Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stabilizing Sodium Metal Batteries by Electrolyte Additive

C Zhu, D Wu, Z Wang, H Wang, J Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
NaF‐rich electrode–electrolyte interphases play crucial roles in determining the cycling
stability of sodium metal batteries (SMBs) because of their electronic insulation and …

Anion‐Reinforced Solvation for a Gradient Inorganic‐Rich Interphase Enables High‐Rate and Stable Sodium Batteries

X Zhou, Q Zhang, Z Zhu, Y Cai, H Li… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic Na is a promising anode for rechargeable batteries, however, it is plagued by an
unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and Na dendrites. Herein, a robust anion‐derived …

Metallic sodium anodes for advanced sodium metal batteries: progress, challenges and perspective

H Shi, Y Zhang, Y Liu, C Yuan - The Chemical Record, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sodium (Na)‐based batteries, as the ideal choice of large‐scale and low‐cost
energy storage, have attracted much attention. Na metal anodes with high theoretical …

Nano‐Confined Electrolyte for Sustainable Sodium‐Ion Batteries

Y Fan, Z Chang, Z Wu, Y Feng, X Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) are considered as a promising candidate for large‐scale
electrochemical energy storage devices due to their low cost, abundant upstream resources …

Approaching the voltage and energy density limits of potassium–selenium battery chemistry in a concentrated ether-based electrolyte

Q Liu, W Deng, Y Pan, CF Sun - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Potassium–selenium (K–Se) batteries offer fairly high theoretical voltage (∼ 1.88 V) and
energy density (∼ 1275 W h kgSe− 1). However, in practice, their operation voltage is so far …

Strategies Toward Stable Nonaqueous Alkali Metal–O2 Batteries

W Zhang, Y Huang, Y Liu, L Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alkali metal–O2 batteries, by coupling high‐capacity alkali metal anodes with gaseous
oxygen, possess extremely high gravimetric energy density that is comparable to gasoline …

Sodium–oxygen batteries: recent developments and remaining challenges

H Yadegari, X Sun - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Sodium–oxygen (Na-O 2) batteries are considered a higher-energy-efficiency alternative to
the lithium–oxygen (Li-O 2) system. The reversible superoxide electrochemistry governing …

Goldilocks and the three glymes: How Na+ solvation controls Na–O2 battery cycling

NO Vitoriano, IR de Larramendi, RL Sacci… - Energy Storage …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work we report a framework to understand the role of solvent-salt interactions and
how they mediate the performance of sodium-air/O 2 batteries. The utilization of suitable …

Altering the electrochemical pathway of sulfur chemistry with oxygen for high energy density and low shuttling in a Na/S battery

S Zhang, TP Pollard, X Feng, O Borodin, K Xu… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this work, we demonstrate that intrinsically altering the reaction pathway of a sulfur-based
cathode with designed additional redox activities could simultaneously suppress polysulfide …