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Journal Article | PUBDB-2021-00429 |
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2020
RSC
London
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1039/C9CE01955C doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2021-00429
Abstract: We report the V-assisted synthesis of Na$_2$Ti$_3$O$_7$ nanorods via a conventional solid state reaction technique. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) mapping showed that V-ions are not incorporated into the main structure of the nanorods but rather V behaves as a flux agent during the growth of the nanorods. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) analysis of the samples shows changes in the redox peaks as a function of V content. Our detailed ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) analyses after 1000 cycles show that the degradation mechanism is the formation of various titanium oxide impurity phases which inhibits the Na-ion diffusion.
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