Na+ diffusion kinetics in nanoporous metal-hexacyanoferrates
Author(s) -
Masamitsu Takachi,
Yuya Fukuzumi,
Yutaka Moritomo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
dalton transactions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.98
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1477-9234
pISSN - 1477-9226
DOI - 10.1039/c5dt03276h
Subject(s) - kinetics , nanoporous , diffusion , chemistry , metal , chemical kinetics , radiochemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Metal-hexacyanoferrates (metal-HCFs) are promising candidates for cathode materials of sodium-ion secondary batteries (SIBs). Here, we systematically investigated Na(+) diffusion constants (D) and the activation energies (Ea) of metal-HCFs against the framework size (= a/2). We found that the magnitude of D (Ea) systematically increases (decreases) with increases in a, indicating that steric hindrance plays a dominant role in Na(+) diffusion.
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