Organic electrode material

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Active material

The part of an electrode that actually stores lithium — graphite on the negative side, an oxide or phosphate on the positive. It makes up most of the electrode coating; the rest is binder and conductive additive.

Polyanionic cathode

A positive material built from transition metals and polyanion groups such as PO₄³⁻, SO₄²⁻ or P₂O₇⁴⁻. The strongly bonded groups raise the voltage through the inductive effect and hold oxygen tightly, giving long life and safety at some cost in capacity and conductivity. LFP is the lithium example; Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ and iron-based Na₄Fe₃(PO₄)₂P₂O₇ serve sodium-ion cells.

Prussian blue analogue

An open-framework compound, AₓM[Fe(CN)₆], in which iron–cyanide units and another metal form a cubic cage with wide channels for large ions. Made at low temperature from cheap elements, its sodium-rich form, Prussian white, is a leading sodium-ion cathode. Water trapped in the lattice degrades cells, and the cyanide groups raise questions in thermal runaway.

Redox reaction

A reaction in which electrons move from one species to another: one is oxidised, the other reduced. A battery separates the two halves onto two electrodes so the electrons must travel through the external circuit.

Sodium-ion battery

A cell built like a lithium-ion cell but shuttling sodium ions, usually between a hard-carbon negative electrode and a layered oxide or Prussian-blue positive. It uses no lithium, cobalt or copper, at the cost of lower energy density.

References & further reading

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1. Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities

   Jang Wook Choi, Doron Aurbach · Nature Reviews Materials · 2016

   Topic background · Post-lithium-ion materials and battery concepts, including practical cell-level limitations; historical 2016 perspective.

2. DOE/EPRI 2013 Electricity Storage Handbook in Collaboration with NRECA

   Sandia National Laboratories · 2013

   Topic background · Storage technologies and grid services. The publisher notes that its historical cost and deployment figures are outdated.