Over 2 V Aqueous Sodium‐Ion Battery with Prussian Blue‐Type Electrodes

• DOI: 10.1002/smtd.201800220
• Publication Date: 2018-09-18T06:03:19Z
• Authors: Kosuke Nakamoto; Ryo Sakamoto; Yuki Sawada; Masato Ito; Shigeto Okada
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 7. Clean energy; 3. Good health

AbstractHigh discharge voltage of more than 2 V is achieved in a novel aqueous sodium‐ion battery with the combination of a Prussian blue‐type sodium manganese hexacyanoferrate cathode, and a similar potassium manganese hexacyanochromate anode. Here, a highly concentrated sodium perchlorate aqueous electrolyte with a 2.8 V electrochemical window is used. By element analysis, the novel anode containing little potassium element possibly serves as a suitable host–guest anode, similarly as the cathode extracting/inserting sodium ion in a highly concentrated sodium‐ion aqueous electrolyte. Open‐framework electrodes and a highly concentrated but mobile aqueous electrolyte contribute to high voltage and high rate performance of the aqueous sodium‐ion battery.