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Title: Research Progress on Iron-Based Materials for Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries
Aqueous sodium-ion batteries (ASIBs) represent a promising battery technology for stationary energy storage, due to their attractive merits of low cost, high abundance, and inherent safety. Recently, a variety of advanced cathode, anode, and electrolyte materials have been developed for ASIBs, which not only enhance our fundamental understanding of the Na insertion mechanism, but also facilitate the research and development of practical ASIB systems. Among these electrode materials, iron-based materials are of particular importance because of the high abundance, low price, and low toxicity of Fe elements. However, to our knowledge, there are no review papers that specifically discuss the properties of Fe-based materials for ASIBs yet. In this review, we present the recent research progress on Fe-based cathode/anode materials, which include polyanionic compounds, Prussian blue, oxides, carbides, and selenides. We also discuss the research efforts to build Fe-based ASIB full cells. Lastly, we share our perspectives on the key challenges that need to be addressed and suggest alternative directions for aqueous Na-ion batteries. We hope this review paper can promote more research efforts on the development of low-cost and low-toxicity materials for aqueous battery applications.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2016192 1949870
PAR ID:
10451124
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Batteries
Volume:
9
Issue:
7
ISSN:
2313-0105
Page Range / eLocation ID:
349
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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