journal article·2025-11

Unlocking High‐Rate Sodium Storage in NaFePO 4 via Graphene‐Driven Cross‐Scale Structural Regulation

Haoyu Wang, Xinyu Luo, Chen Yuan, Shiyuan Fan, Lihua Liu, Wenchao Peng, Yang Li, Qicheng Zhang, Xiaobin Fan

Small· Volume 21· Issue 45
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Abstract

Abstract Sodium iron phosphate (NaFePO 4 ) is a promising cathode material for sodium‐ion batteries (SIBs) due to its low cost and high energy density. However, it suffers from inherent limitations such as poor electronic conductivity, sluggish ion kinetics, and electrochemical inertness of its crystalline phases. To overcome these drawbacks, a graphene‐driven cross‐scale structural regulation strategy is developed. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is integrated with NaFePO 4 to enhance electron conductivity through its interconnected carbon network at the microscale. More importantly, at the nanoscale, rGO inhibits excessive particle growth, and at the atomic scale, it promotes amorphous active phase formation via interfacial interactions. As a result, the rGO‐composite NaFePO 4 samples exhibit a high discharge capacity of 122.7 mAh g −1 at 1C and long‐term cycling stability (84.6% capacity retention after 1000 cycles at 10C). This work establishes rGO‐mediated multiscale engineering as a universal paradigm for revitalizing polyanionic cathodes in energy storage applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Advancements in Battery Materials · Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

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Affiliations

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering International Joint Laboratory of Low‐carbon Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China

Zhejiang Institute of Tianjin University Shaoxing Zhejiang 312300 China

Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations Tianjin 300192 China

Funding

Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China · National Key Research and Development Program of China

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