title: Enhancement of Sodium Ion Battery Performance Enabled by Oxygen Vacancies.
abstract: The utilization of oxygen vacancies (OVs) in sodium ion batteries (SIBs) is expected to enhance performance, but as yet it has rarely been reported. Taking the MoO(3-x) nanosheet anode as an example, for the first time we demonstrate the benefits of OVs on SIB performance. Moreover, the benefits at deep-discharge conditions can be further promoted by an ultrathin Al2O3 coating. A series of measurements show that the OVs increase the electric conductivity and Na-ion diffusion coefficient, and the promotion from ultrathin coating lies in the effective reduction of cycling-induced solid-electrolyte interphase. The coated nanosheets exhibited high reversible capacity and great rate capability with the capacities of 283.9 (50 mA g(-1)) and 179.3 mAh g(-1) (1 A g(-1)) after 100 cycles. This work may not only arouse future attention on OVs for sodium energy storage, but also open up new possibilities for designing strategies to utilize defects in other energy storage systems.
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Chengliang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Liying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444 (P.R. China).
authors.forename: Minghong
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany).
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.affiliation: Institute für Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof-Schemidt-Strasse 26, 98693 Ilmenau (Germany). yong.lei@tu-ilmenau.de.|Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environment and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444 (P.R. China). yong.lei@tu-ilmenau.de.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lei
keywords: alumina; molybdenum; nanomaterials; oxygen vacancies; sodium ion batteries