Probing the electrochemical evolutions of Na–CO2 nanobatteries on Pt@NCNT cathodes using in-situ environmental TEM

Yuanmin Zhu; Shihui Feng; Peng Zhang; Mohan Guo; Qi Wang; Duojie Wu; Lei Zhang; Hui Li; Haijiang Wang; Lang Chen; Xueliang Sun; Meng Gu

doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2020.07.019

Probing the electrochemical evolutions of Na–CO2 nanobatteries on Pt@NCNT cathodes using in-situ environmental TEM

Yuanmin Zhu (Co-first Author)
, Shihui Feng (Co-first Author)
, Peng Zhang
, Mohan Guo
, Qi Wang
, Duojie Wu
, Lei Zhang
, Hui Li
, Haijiang Wang
, Lang Chen
, Xueliang Sun
, Meng Gu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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Abstract

Na–CO₂ batteries possess many virtues including low cost, abundant sodium-containing resources, and environment-friendly nature. Understanding the electrochemical reaction processes is fundamental for battery design and performance enhancement of Na–CO₂ batteries. Using in-situ environmental transmission electron microscopy in CO₂ gas, we directly probed the morphology evolution and phase transformations of the charge and discharge products with single Pt atom and nitride doped carbon nanotube (Pt@NCNT) cathode in a Na–CO₂ nanobattery. The discharge reaction produces Na₂CO₃ and carbon, which subsequently decomposed into Na ions and CO₂ during charge. The discharge rate was boosted with the help of the single-atom Pt catalyst. Our work provides a fundamental insight into the governing principles on Na–CO₂ battery design for better energy storage devices. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	88-94
Journal	Energy Storage Materials
Volume	33
Online published	8 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2020.07.019
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21802065), Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program (2016ZT06N500), Shenzhen fundamental research project (JCYJ20190809181601639), Shenzhen DRC project [2018]1433, Shenzhen Clean Energy Research Institute (No. CERI-KY-2019-003). This work used the resources of the Pico Center from SUSTech Core Research Facilities that receives support from the Presidential Fund and Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality.

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Electrochemical evolution
In situ ETEM
Na-CO2 nanobattery
Single atom catalyst
Structure evolution

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Probing the electrochemical evolutions of Na–CO2 nanobatteries on Pt@NCNT cathodes using in-situ environmental TEM. / Zhu, Yuanmin (Co-first Author); Feng, Shihui (Co-first Author); Zhang, Peng et al.
In: Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 33, 12.2020, p. 88-94.

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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