Sodium (de)intercalation in the Na 4 MnV-(PO 4 ) 3 NASICON-type cathode has been studied with operando synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and galvanostatic cycling up to 3.8 and 4.0 V cutoff voltages. Symmetry reduction from rhombohedral to monoclinic was observed immediately after the start of the electrochemical desodiation, with restoring of the rhombohedral phase at 3.8 V. Cycling within the 2.5−3.8 V potential range proceeds through both solid-solution and two-phase processes. An additional voltage plateau at ∼3.9 V is observed, associated with "unlocking" of the Na1 site in the rhombohedral phase. Reverse insertion of Na + cations proceeds via the entire solid-solution region. The experimentally observed discharge capacity increases by ≈14% after raising cutoff voltage. KEYWORDS: sodium-ion battery, NASICON, Na 4 MnV(PO 4 ) 3 , phase transitions, operando XRD
Switching between solid solution and two-phase regimes in the cathode materials during lithium (de)insertion : combined PITT, in situ XRPD and electron diffraction tomography study Electrochimica acta -
The crystal structure and magnetic ordering in Sr 3 YCo 4 O 10.5+␦ , ␦ = 0.02 and 0.26 compounds have been revisited in a detailed neutron diffraction study. The ordering is of G-type, with the magnetic Co moments being aligned along the c axis of the tetragonal cells. In contrast to the previous studies, we, however, find an important peculiarity of the magnetic structures in the title compounds, namely, the magnetic moment magnitudes are different in the layers containing Co ions with different oxygen coordination. Along with the modulation of the coordination type and charge state of Co ions along the c axis, the ordered magnetic moment magnitudes are varying concomitantly and thus the correlation between the charge and spin states of the Co ions has been directly observed.
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