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Cathode material for sodium-ion batteries based on manganese hexacyanoferrate: the role of the binder component

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Sodium manganese hexacyanoferrate (NaMnHCF) was synthesized by a hydrothermal method and investigated as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. The morphology and the structure of NaMnHCF were investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and EDX analysis. New composition of NaMnHCF cathode material for sodium-ion batteries with eco-friendly water-based binder consisting of conducting polymer poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiopene/polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) dispersion and carboxymethyl cellulose (СМС) was proposed. The electrochemical properties of NaMnHCF cathode material with conductive polymer binder were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge-discharge, and the results were compared with the performance of a conventional PVDF-bound material. It was shown that the initial discharge capacity of electrodes with conductive binder is 130 mAh g−1, whereas the initial discharge capacity of PVDF-bound electrodes was 109 mAh g−1 (both at current density 120 mA g−1, values normalized by NaMnHCF mass). The material with conductive binder also has better rate capability; however, it is losing in cycling capability to the electrode composition with conventional PVDF binder.

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The authors would like to thank the Center for X-ray Diffraction Methods, the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotechnology, and the Resource Centre of Physical Methods of Surface Investigations of Research Park of Saint Petersburg State University for providing XRD, SEM, EDX, and XPS analyses.

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This work was supported by Saint Petersburg State University (grant № 26455158).

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    E. V. Shkreba, E. G. Tolstopjatova & V. V. Kondratiev

  2. The Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Science, 26 Politekhnicheskaya str., Saint Petersburg, Russia, 194021

    R. V. Apraksin

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Shkreba, E.V., Apraksin, R.V., Tolstopjatova, E.G. et al. Cathode material for sodium-ion batteries based on manganese hexacyanoferrate: the role of the binder component. J Solid State Electrochem 24, 3049–3057 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04746-4

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