Due to the limiting lithium reserve and increasing price
of lithium,
alternatives to Li-ion batteries are growing rapidly. The world is
now focusing on developing electrodes beyond Li-ion-based rechargeable
batteries for portable electronics. Iron, nickel, and Co-based NASICON
structured materials give stable capacity with reversible intercalation
of almost one sodium in the host lattice. In the current work, we
suggest a cathode material made of 3D framework-structured molybdenum
polyanionic phosphate (Mo2P2O11)
for a reversible sodium-ion battery. Mo2P2O11 was synthesized using the heat treatment of the MoO2HPO4·H2O precursor at 560 °C,
having the morphology of stacked flakes. Characterization techniques
such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,
thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning
electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray were utilized for
confirming the structure and morphology of the materials. For electrochemical
performance, cyclic voltammetry, charge–discharge, and stability
tests have been performed. Mo2P2O11 work through the active participation of the Mo6+/4+ redox
couple with reversible intercalation of Na+ ions. The electrode
exhibits reversible intercalation at 3.0 V versus Na and a steady
capacity of ∼90 mA h/g, that is, ∼1.4 Na per formula
unit, achieving a Coulombic efficiency of nearly 100%. The current
finding opens up a new route for using transition-metal phosphates
as efficient and stable charge storage cathode materials for sodium-ion
batteries.