Journal of Power Sources, Vol.275, 284-287, 2015
All-solid-state sodium batteries using amorphous TiS3 electrode with high capacity
All-solid-state sodium cells (Na15Sn4/Na3PS4 glass-ceramic/a-TiS3) showed a high capacity of over 300 mAh per gram of TiS3 at the 1st dischargecharge cycle. The capacity was gradually decreased to 100 mAh g(-1) at the 10th cycle. Nyquist plots of the cell showed that the resistance of the alpha-TiS3 composite electrode became larger with the dischargecharge cycles. The XRD patterns of the alpha-TiS3 composite electrode before and after the 1st cycle indicated that the alpha-TiS3 was still amorphous during dischargecharge process. The Raman bands attributable to alpha-TiS3 were also observed after the 1st cycle. The SEM images and EDX mapping indicated that the alpha-TiS3 particles aggregated in the electrode after the 10th cycle. The all-solid-state sodium cell using alpha-TiS3 composite electrode with acetylene black as a conductive additive showed the high capacity of over 300 mAh g(-1) for 5 cycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.