Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have garnered significant attention as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to the abundance and eco-friendly extraction of sodium. Despite the larger ionic radius and heavier ma...
With a crystal lattice structure first characterized in the 1970s, NASICON sodium-based superionic conductors have recently found renewed interest as solid electrolytes in sodium-ion and seawater flow batteries due to their exceptional ionic conducti...
Na-β″-alumina is the commercially most successful solid electrolyte due to its application in ZEBRA and NAS® batteries. In this work, Li-stabilized Na-β″-alumina electrolytes were doped with 3d transition metal oxides, namely TiO2, Mn3O4, and NiO, in...
Developing argyrodite-type, chlorine-rich, sodium-ion, solid-state electrolytes with high conductivity is a long-term challenge that is crucial for the advancement of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). In this study, chlorine-rich, argyrodite-type Na...
The aim of this article was to improve the solid-phase synthesis of Na3V2(PO4)3/C composite for sodium-ion battery cathode materials using an innovative technique for creating a protective reducing atmosphere, which is formed by incomplete oxidation...
With the rapid advancement of energy storage technologies, there is a growing demand for affordable, efficient, and environmentally benign battery systems. Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) present a promising alternative to lithium-ion systems due to sodi...
The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and guarantee a stable and reliable energy supply has resulted in an increase in the demand for sustainable energy storage solutions over the last decade. Rechargeable batteries with solid-state electrolyte...
Sodium–ion batteries (SIBs) are essential for large–scale energy storage attributed to the high abundance of sodium. Polyanion Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) is a dominant cathode candidate for SIBs because of its high-voltage and sodium superionic co...
Na-β″-alumina (Na2O.~6Al2O3) is known to be an excellent sodium ion conductor in battery and sensor applications. In this study we report fabrication of Na- β″-alumina + YSZ dual phase composite to mitigate moisture and CO2 corrosion that otherwise c...
Natrium superionic conductor (NASICON) compounds have emerged as a rising star in the field of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) owing to their stable framework structure and high Na+ ionic conductivity. The NASICON-structured Na2VTi(PO4)3 manifests signif...
Strontium, the main component of radioactive nuclear wastewater, is characterized by a high fission yield and an extended half-life. It is easily absorbed by the human body, thus greatly threatening the environment and the human body. In this study,...
We have developed 12-membered silica-tetrahedra-ringed Na5YSi4O12-type sodium ion conducting glass-ceramics on the basis of the composition Na3+3x-yR1-xPySi3-yO9 (R: rare earth elements; denoted as Narpsio); especially, the material of Na4Y0.6P0.2Si2...
A new member of sodium metal diphosphate-diarsenate, Na2CuP1.5As0.5O7, was synthesized as polycrystalline powder by a solid-state route. X-ray diffraction followed by Rietveld refinement show that the studied material, isostructural with β-Na2Cu...
Lithium-based electrolytes are, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint, the most suitable ion-transport materials for energy storage systems. However, lithium-based ionic conductors suffer from safety concerns, and the limited availability of lithi...
Under hydrothermal conditions emulating natural hydrothermalites, three oxo-salts with sodium and transition metal cations were obtained in the form of single crystals. Their compositions and crystal structures were studied using scanning electron mi...
Sodium ion batteries have been receiving increasing attention and may see potential revival in the near future, particularly in large-scale grid energy storage coupling with wind and solar power generation, due to the abundant sodium resources, low c...
Due to their low cost, suitable working potential and high stability, carbon materials have become an irreplaceable anode material for alkali ion batteries, such as lithium ion batteries, sodium ion batteries and potassium ion batteries. During the i...
The sodium super ionic conductor (NASICON) structured LiTi2(PO4)3 (LTP) has been developed as electrode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) with promising electrochemical performance, owing to its outstanding structural stability and rapid lithium-i...
Two ceramic samples of sodium tantalate (NaTaO3), doped with metal ions of copper (Cu; sample S1) or aluminum (Al; sample S2), were obtained by the sol-gel method. Complex impedance measurements in the frequency range (200 Hz–2 MHz) and at temp...
Lithium-ion batteries are popular energy storage devices due to their high energy density. Solid electrolytes appear to be a potential replacement for flammable liquid electrolytes in lithium batteries. This inorganic/hybrid solid electrolyte is a co...
Sodium super ionic conductor (NASICON)-type Na3Zr2Si2PO12 (NZSP) with the advantages of the high ionic conductivity, stability and safety is one of the most famous solid-state electrolytes. NZSP, however, requires the high sintering temperature about...
The aim of this study is to synthesize Li1+xAlxTixSn2−2x(PO4) sodium super ion conductor (NASICON) -based ceramic solid electrolyte and to study the effect of dual metal substitution on the electrical and structural properties of the electrolyt...
This study investigates the efficacy of adsorbents from locally sourced olive waste—encompassing olive skins, leaves, and pits, recovered from the initial centrifugation of olives (OWP)—and a composite with sodium alginate (OWPSA) for the...
Sodium superionic conductor (NASICON)-type lithium aluminum germanium phosphate (LAGP) has attracted increasing attention as a solid electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASSLIBs), due to the good ionic conductivity and highly stable...
Commercial lithium-ion batteries using liquid electrolytes are still a safety hazard due to their poor chemical stability and other severe problems, such as electrolyte leakage and low thermal stability. To mitigate these critical issues, solid elect...