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Borophene: A prospective extraordinary sodium anode material for sodium-based batteries
by Staff Writers
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 28, 2016


This is a schematic drawing of sodium diffusion on borophene and the comparison about capacity and relative sodium diffusivity with other reported sodium anode materials. Image courtesy Science China Press. For a larger version of this image please go here.

Sodium-based batteries have drawn considerable attention as a prospective alternative to lithium-based batteries due to the abundance and low price of sodium element. However, finding a suitable anode material has been a long-standing critical task before the commercialization of sodium-based batteries.

As the size of sodium atom is much larger than that of lithium atom, many anode materials widely used in lithium-based batteries show poor performance in sodium-based batteries, most of which suffering from low intercalation utility, slow kinetics and sever volume expansion.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. Tianshou Zhao at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology comprehensively investigated the feasibility of employing borophene, a newly synthesized 2D sheet of boron, as an anode material for sodium-based batteries via ab initio calculations. The calculation results show that during charge, the maximum Na/B ratio can reach 0.5 (Na0.5B), corresponding to a capacity of as high as 1218 mAh-g-1.

The unique buckling structure of borophene leads to an anisotropic diffusion behavior. Along the valley direction of borophene, the diffusion energy barrier for sodium is as low as 0.0019 eV, corresponding to an ultrahigh sodium diffusivity, which is estimated to be more than a thousand times higher than that of conventional anode materials and one to seven magnitudes higher than other previously reported 2D materials.

This ultrahigh diffusivity is expected to revolutionize the rate capability of sodium-based batteries. During the charge and discharge process, the metallic feature and structural integrity of borophene is predicted to be well preserved, which ensures good electronic conductivity and stable cyclability.

The calculated average open circuit voltages (OCV) is 0.53 V, which is an appropriate value for sodium-based batteries to maintain a high energy density while effectively suppressing the dendrite formation. Till now, compared with other reported sodium anode materials, borophene holds the highest sodium diffusivity.


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