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- Title
Unravelling the Complex Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> Electrochemical Process in Rechargeable Na‐CO<sub>2</sub> Batteries.
- Authors
Tan, Chuan; Wang, Aiping; Cao, Deqing; Yu, Fengjiao; Wu, Yuping; He, Xiangming; Chen, Yuhui
- Abstract
Rechargeable sodium‐carbon dioxide batteries utilize CO2 directly and use abundant and low‐cost sodium instead of lithium. Sodium carbonate is an important discharge product in Na‐CO2 batteries and its oxidative decomposition during charging determines cell performance (i.e., overpotentials and cyclability) but the decomposition mechanism has not been addressed yet. Herein, it is found that Na2CO3 decomposition during the charging process follows a different pathway to lithium carbonate decomposition. It proceeds via a reactive CO3•− intermediate instead of a singlet oxygen intermediate, and thus CO and O2 evolution are not identified during charging. Calculation results show that the OO distance between two adjacent CO3•− in solid Na2CO3 is longer than that in lithium carbonate and thus forming the C2O62− dimer and singlet oxygen is kinetically disfavored in Na2CO3. Surprisingly, the carbon element in Na2CO3 and carbon substrate can exchange via a Na2CO3•C composite after ball milling. By forming the Na2CO3•C composite, carbon can participate in the charging process and be fully oxidized. Therefore, designing a catalyst to encourage the reversible formation/decomposition of Na2CO3•C might be the key to realizing the reversible cycling of Na‐CO2 batteries.
- Subjects
STORAGE batteries; REACTIVE oxygen species; BALL mills; SODIUM carbonate; RADIOLABELING
- Publication
Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 13, p1
- ISSN
1614-6832
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aenm.202204191