Abstract
O3-type layered oxides are highly promising cathodes for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), however they undergo complex phase transitions and exhibit high sensibility to air, leading to subpar cycling performance and commercial viability. In this work, we report a layered cathode material (NaNi0.29Cu0.1Mg0.05Li0.05Mn0.2Ti0.2Sn0.11O2) with a sate-of-the-art high-entropy compositional design. We unveil that such a configuration featuring inhomogeneous coordination environment of transition metal (TM) elements, can enable enhanced gliding energy (-0.38 vs -0.58 eV) of TMO2 slabs upon desodiation both theoretically and experimentally, which underlies the fundamental origin of the outstanding structural stability of HEO materials. As a consequence, the complex phase transitions (O3-O'3-P3-P'3-P3'-O3') of conventional O3-type cathode have been eliminated, and the as-obtained material demonstrates exceptional structural robustness and integrity with an ultra-long cycle life in a quasi-solid-state cell (maintaining 73.2 % capacity after 1000 cycles at 2 C). Moreover, the material presents satisfactory air stability, with minimal structural and electrochemical degradation when directly exposed to the air. An Ah-scale pouch cell based on the cathode material is constructed, demonstrating a capacity retention of 83.6 % after 500 cycles, signaling substantial promise for commercial applications.
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