Advances in doping strategies for sodium transition metal oxides cathodes: A review

Abstract

The electrochemistry of cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries differs significantly from lithium-ion batteries and offers distinct advantages. Overall, the progress of commercializing sodium-ion batteries is currently impeded by the inherent inefficiencies exhibited by these cathode materials, which include insufficient conductivity, slow kinetics, and substantial volume changes throughout the process of intercalation and deintercalation cycles. Consequently, numerous methodologies have been utilized to tackle these challenges, encompassing structural modulation, surface modification, and elemental doping. This paper aims to highlight fundamental principles and strategies for the development of sodium transition metal oxide cathodes. Specifically, it emphasizes the role of various elemental doping techniques in initiating anionic redox reactions, improving cathode stability, and enhancing the operational voltage of these cathodes, aiming to provide readers with novel perspectives on the design of sodium metal oxide cathodes through the doping approach, as well as address the current obstacles that can be overcome/alleviated through these dopant strategies.

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Keywords

sodium-ion batteries / transition metal cathode / doping strategy

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Ackownledgements

The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22250710676), the Fujian Provice Super 100 Talents Program, and the Fujian Provice 100 Talents Program, Fujian Provice Minjiang Scholar Program.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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