Iron carbodiimide(Fe NCN)anode demonstrates significant potential for rapid sodium-ion storage owing to its high reaction activity and near-metallic conductivity.However,further development of Fe NCN is hindered by in...Iron carbodiimide(Fe NCN)anode demonstrates significant potential for rapid sodium-ion storage owing to its high reaction activity and near-metallic conductivity.However,further development of Fe NCN is hindered by inherent structural instability and ambiguous structure-kinetics correlation.In this study,Fe NCN crystallites with selectively exposed(002)and{010}facets were precisely engineered and synthesized.Notably,the sodium storage kinetics and electrochemical performance of Fe NCN exhibit facet-dependent variations.Polyhedral-Fe NCN(P-Fe NCN)dominated by{010}facets exhibited a pseudocapacitance-driven storage mechanism and delivered exceptional rate capability(372 m Ah/g at5 A/g)and long cyclability(95.8%capacity retention after 300 cycles at 0.5 A/g).In contrast,sheet-like Fe NCN(S-Fe NCN)with predominant(002)facet exposure displayed diffusion-limited kinetics due to sluggish ion diffusion rate.Crucially,time-resolved operando XRD analysis and DFT simulation bridge this performance gap to mechanistic origins:Fe NCN as an intercalation-conversion type anode,the solid-state diffusion is the rate-determining step during charge/discharge process.Active{010}facets possess numerous broad hexagonal tunnels,coupled with a low diffusion barrier of 0.168 e V along{010}directions.This unique architectural configuration enables rapid sodium-ion transport,thereby shifting the diffusioncontrolled kinetics to intercalation-pseudocapacitive behavior.This discovery establishes active facet exposure as a storage kinetic switch,offering a generalized paradigm for optimizing the rate performance and stability of sodium-ion batteries.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52002305)Natural Science Basic Research Program in Shanxi Province of China(Nos.202403021221184,202403021222281)+1 种基金Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China(Nos.2025JC-YBMS-478,23JK0424)College Students’Innovation Program of Taiyuan Normal University(No.CXCY2443)。
文摘Iron carbodiimide(Fe NCN)anode demonstrates significant potential for rapid sodium-ion storage owing to its high reaction activity and near-metallic conductivity.However,further development of Fe NCN is hindered by inherent structural instability and ambiguous structure-kinetics correlation.In this study,Fe NCN crystallites with selectively exposed(002)and{010}facets were precisely engineered and synthesized.Notably,the sodium storage kinetics and electrochemical performance of Fe NCN exhibit facet-dependent variations.Polyhedral-Fe NCN(P-Fe NCN)dominated by{010}facets exhibited a pseudocapacitance-driven storage mechanism and delivered exceptional rate capability(372 m Ah/g at5 A/g)and long cyclability(95.8%capacity retention after 300 cycles at 0.5 A/g).In contrast,sheet-like Fe NCN(S-Fe NCN)with predominant(002)facet exposure displayed diffusion-limited kinetics due to sluggish ion diffusion rate.Crucially,time-resolved operando XRD analysis and DFT simulation bridge this performance gap to mechanistic origins:Fe NCN as an intercalation-conversion type anode,the solid-state diffusion is the rate-determining step during charge/discharge process.Active{010}facets possess numerous broad hexagonal tunnels,coupled with a low diffusion barrier of 0.168 e V along{010}directions.This unique architectural configuration enables rapid sodium-ion transport,thereby shifting the diffusioncontrolled kinetics to intercalation-pseudocapacitive behavior.This discovery establishes active facet exposure as a storage kinetic switch,offering a generalized paradigm for optimizing the rate performance and stability of sodium-ion batteries.
