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Rechargeable sodium-ion battery based on a cathode of copper hexacyanoferrate

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In this work, the performance of copper (II) hexacyanoferrate(III) (CuHCF) as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries was studied. The compound was synthesized by a precipitation reaction in aqueous solution in a closed system. The morphology and structure show nanoparticles agglomerated with sizes ranging between 40 and 70 nm and a crystalline phase with a cubic structure, respectively. The material exhibited a stable performance with a working potential of around 3.4 V vs. Na+/Na. The gravimetric capacity obtained is close to 30 mAh g−1 for 100 cycles at a rate of C/20, which is around half of the capacity for CuHCF when it encounters water in its structure, e.g., zeolite-type (60 mAh g−1), which is less than the theoretical capacity for this material (85.1 mAh g−1). CuHCF could be a promising cathode material for sodium-ion batteries considering its electrochemical performance.

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Data are mentioned before in the paragraph: Power density of 775 W/kg, at a rate of 12 C with a good ciclability of 25,000 charge/discharge cycles.

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We acknowledge the financial support from FONDECYT, Chile (grant no. 1210408), from VRIEA-PUCV (grant no. 039.438 NÚCLEO-PUCV and 125.737/22 DII-PUCV), from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Project MAT2017-87541-R), and from Junta de Andalucía (Group FQM-175) and from FONDEQUIP EQM150101. E. Navarrete and J. Aristizábal would like to acknowledge the financial support from postdoctoral project FONDECYT (N° 3200216 and 31210536, respectively). V. Rojas would like to acknowledge the kind support from his doctoral scholarship by ANID N° 21160733. F. Herrera thanks DICYT-USACH for their financial support.

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  1. Sustrend Laboratorios Spa, Avenida Tupungato 3580, Curauma, Valparaiso, Chile

    Víctor Rojas

  2. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Av. Universidad 330, Valparaíso, Chile

    Gustavo Cáceres, Silvana López, Rodrigo Henríquez, Paula Grez, Ricardo Schrebler & Eduardo Muñoz

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    Álvaro Caballero & Juan Luis Gómez-Cámer

  6. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Departamento de Física, Av. España 1680, Valparaíso, Chile

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Rojas, V., Cáceres, G., López, S. et al. Rechargeable sodium-ion battery based on a cathode of copper hexacyanoferrate. J Solid State Electrochem 27, 865–872 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05388-y

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