The Fe4+/3+ Redox Mechanism in NaFeO2: A Simultaneous Operando Nuclear Resonance and X-ray Scattering Study

Marcus Fehse, Dimitrios Bessas, Abdelfattah Mahmoud, Aliou Diatta, Raphael P. Hermann, Lorenzo Stievano, Moulay Tahar Sougrati

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Abstract

Simultaneous operando Nuclear Forward Scattering and transmission X-ray diffraction and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements were carried out in order to investigate the electrochemical mechanism of NaFeO2 vs. Na metal using a specifically designed in situ cell. The obtained data were analysed using an alternative and innovative data analysis approach based on chemometric tools such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Multivariate Curve Resolution - Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS). This approach, which allows the unbiased extraction of all possible information from the operando data, enabled the stepwise reconstruction of the independent “real” components permitting the description of the desodiation mechanism of NaFeO2. This wealth of information allows a clear description of the electrochemical reaction at the redox-active iron centres, and thus an improved comprehension of the cycling mechanisms of this material vs. sodium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1341-1349
Number of pages9
JournalBatteries and Supercaps
Volume3
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Funding

Alistore-European Research Institute is gratefully acknowledged for financial support through the postdoc grant to M. Fehse. ESRF is acknowledged for providing beamtime at beamline ID18. Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación is acknowledged for its support through the project ION-SELF (ref. PID2019-106519RB−I00). RS2E network is acknowledged for funding A. Diatta. Work by R.P.H. at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE), was sponsored by the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). The technical assistance provision by Mr. J.-P. Celse is acknowledged during the beamtime at ID18.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
UT-BattelleDE-AC05-00OR22725
UT-Battelle
Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónPID2019-106519RB−I00
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

    Keywords

    • Chemometrics
    • MCR-ALS
    • Mössbauer Spectroscopy
    • Nuclear Forward Scattering
    • Sodium Ion Batteries

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