Abstract
Layered vanadium oxides, due to their high specific capacity and the multiple oxidation states of vanadium, are attractive candidates as cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). To meet the requirements of increasing interlayer spacing and significantly improving structural stability, herein, nickel pre-intercalated bilayer vanadium pentoxide hydrate, Ni0.28V2O5∙0.62 H2O (referred to as NVO) is synthesized successfully. The interlayer water molecules significantly increase the interlayer distance of the bilayer vanadium pentoxide. At the same, by forming a stable interlayer NiO6 octahedron, the intercalated Ni atoms effectively relieve the big change of volume during the Na ions insertion/extraction process and effectively inhibit the interlayered water molecules escape in charge/discharge process. Due to the big interlayer distance and excellent structural stability, the NVO electrode exhibits an excellent electrochemical performance. Except for the first few cycles, a high reversible capacity of about 260 mAh g−1 is obtained and the mean fade is only 0.5% per cycle. In addition, the excellent Na storage mechanism of the NVO electrode is also explored in detail by in situ XRD.
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