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In Na[Fe,M]O₂, co-existence with Ni³⁺ or Mn³⁺ induces relatively negative effects for Na extraction/insertion. In contrast, Ni and Mn co-existence leads to enhanced electrode performance in Na cells. Our group first studied electrochemical properties of O3-NaNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂ in 2009 (Komaba et al. 2009). Although strong influence of the synthesis methods, Ni and Mn are not randomly distributed in the slab in which LS Ni²⁺ (t_2g⁶e_g²) is surrounded by HS Mn⁴⁺ (t_2g³e_g⁰) in the first coordination shell and theoretically in a zig-zag arrangement (Breger et al. 2007). O3-NaNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂ delivers a reversible capacity of ca. 130 mAh g⁻¹ in a Na cell in the voltage range of 2.2–3.8 V, as shown in Figure 1.12, and ca. 200 mAh g⁻¹ in the voltage range of 2.2–4.5 V (Komaba et al. 2012). Interestingly, relatively large discharge capacity is obtainable even after charging to the high voltage of 4.5 V corresponding to x < 0.5 in Na_xNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂, which is different from the behaviors of O3-Na[Fe,M]O₂ and single 3d transition metal systems of O3-NaTiO₂, O3-NaVO₂, O3-NaCrO₂ and O3-NaFeO₂. O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ transforms in the O3 → O’3 → P3 → P’3 → O3 sequence as Na is extracted during charge up to 4.5 V (Komaba et al. 2012; Mariyappan et al. 2018a). The P’3 → O3 transition in the charge voltage plateau region at 4.2 V versus Na involves significant shrinkage in the interslab distance (∆d_00l/d_00l ~18% from pristine) and is believed to cause gradual capacity fading during cycles. Furthermore, potential jumps are observed at x = 1/2 and 1/3 in Na_xNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂ during charge and discharge, which correspond to in-plane Na/vacancy orderings in interslab space (Vinckeviciute et al. 2016). Much effort has been devoted to suppression of the interslab shrinkage and Na/vacancy ordering.

Kim et al. first reported O3-NaNi_1/3Fe_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ in 2012 (Kim et al. 2012a) and our group systematically investigated and reported Na battery performance in O3 NaNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂-NaFeO₂ solid solution in 2013 (Yabuuchi et al. 2013). O3-Na(Ni_1/2Mn_1/2)_1-xFe_xO₂ (x = 0.4 and 0.6) deliver reversible capacities of ca. 140 mAh g⁻¹ with small polarization and smooth voltage curves in the relatively narrow voltage range of 2.0–3.8 V, as shown in Figure 1.12. Wang et al. fabricated an 1 Ah soft-packed Na-ion full cell and demonstrated good cycling stability with capacity retention over 73% after 500 cycles at the 1 C rate (Wang et al. 2016). Operando XRD patterns and ex situ XAS spectra of O3-NaNi_1/3Fe_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ revealed reversible phase transitions in the O3 → P3 sequence and only the Ni^2+/3+ oxidation in the range of 3.5–4.0 V and Ni^3+/4+ followed by Fe^3+/4+ in the range of 4.0–4.3 V during charge (Xie et al. 2016). Our group further studied effect of partial substitution of Ti for Mn in O3-NaNi_0.3Fe_0.4Mn_0.3O₂ (Komaba et al. 2014). O3-NaNi_0.3Fe_0.4Mn_0.3-xTi_xO₂ delivers almost the same reversible capacity of ca. 130 mAh g⁻¹ in 2.0–3.8 V in Na cells. The average operating voltage, however, raises up with increasing Ti content, x in O3-NaNi_0.3Fe_0.4Mn_0.3-xTi_xO₂. Sun et al. (2014) also synthesized O3-NaNi_0.4Fe_0.2Mn_0.4-x Ti_xO₂ and O3-NaNi_0.4Fe_0.2Mn_0.2Ti_0.2O₂ exhibits superior cycling stability to that of O3-NaNi_0.4Fe_0.2Mn_0.4O₂. In addition to the Fe-substituted O3-Na[Mn,Ni]O₂, Qi et al. (2016), Zheng and Obrovac (2017), and Wang et al. (2017b) reported Ti-substituted one and the electrochemical performance of the Na cells. O3-Na_x[Mn,Ni,Ti]O₂ delivers almost the same discharge capacity of 120–135 mAh.g-¹: in general we are using a as O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ (Wang et al. 2017b). The Ti-substitution changes the voltage profiles from stepwise into smooth ones and enhances capacity retention. Qi et al. (2016) and Yao et al. (2017) anticipated that Ti-substitution disturbs both the Na/vacancy ordering in the interslab space and the Ni²⁺/Mn⁴⁺ ordering in the slab due to the substantial difference in Fermi level between Ti⁴⁺ and Ni²⁺/Mn⁴⁺ and decrease in the electronic localization as Wang et al. (2015) proposed in P2-Na_0.6Cr_0.6Ti_0.4O₂. Mariyappan et al. (2018a) proposed that substitution of HS Mn⁴⁺ (3d³; t_2g³e_g⁰) in O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ by Ti⁴⁺ (3d⁰; t_2g⁰e_g⁰) increases the electronic density on oxygen and enlarges the energy difference between Ni 3d and O 2p orbitals, leading to an increase in the M-O bond ionicity and redox potential. Note that higher Ti content leads to the smoother voltage curves and the higher average charge and discharge voltage, however voltage hysteresis increases (Zheng and Obrovac 2017). Furthermore, metal substitution was conducted to O3-Na_x[Mn_, Ni, Ti]O₂ by Guo’s (Yao et al. 2017), Deng’s (Wang et al. 2019a) and Tarascon’s (Wang et al. 2019b; Mariyappan et al. 2020) groups. Substitution by Ti⁴⁺ (3d⁰; t_2g⁰e_g⁰) for HS Mn⁴⁺ (3d³; t_2g³e_g⁰) and divalent metals such as Cu²⁺ (3d⁹; t_2g⁶e_g³) or Zn²⁺ (3d¹⁰; t_2g⁶e_g⁴) for LS Ni²⁺ (3d⁸; t_2g⁶e_g²) in O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ achieve excellent capacity retention and rate capability in the range of 2.0–4.0 V (Yao et al. 2017) and even in the range of 2.0–4.5 V (Wang et al. 2019b). O3-NaNi_1/2−yCu_yMn_1/2−zTi_zO₂ (y = 0, 0.05, 0.1; z = 0.1, 0.2) solid solution phases deliver reversible capacities of ca. 125 and 200 mAh g⁻¹ in 2.0–4.0 V and 2.0–4.5 V, respectively, with smooth voltage profiles. Structures of O3-NaNi_0.4Cu_0.1Mn_0.4Ti_0.1O₂ are evolving in the O3 → O′3 → P3 → P’3 sequence by Na extraction during charging to 4.0 V (Yao et al. 2017; Wang et al. 2019b) and then from P’3 → P3-O3-O1 intergrowth by charging from 4.0 to 4.5 V, which is confirmed by operando XRD patterns and ED patterns as well as high-angle annular dark field (HAADF) STEM images (Wang et al. 2019b; Mariyappan et al. 2020). Wang et al. revealed with the HAADF-STEM images that the O1-type phase (Figure 1.5), having migrated transition metal cations in the interlayer octahedral interstices of ~5.1 Å in distance, randomly co-exist with P3 domains having a wider interlayer space with ~7.1 Å. The nucleation of the O1 stacking domains in the P3 ones and the significantly different interlayer distances reduce the lattice contraction and overall lattice changes, thus improving the cycle life (Wang et al. 2019b). Furthermore, DFT calculations estimate that the Cu and Zn substitution in O3-Na_x[Mn,Ni,Ti]O₂ decreases in the energy difference between P and O stackings and leads to a continuous transition between Pand O-stacking phases, explaining the sloping solid solution–like charging profile above 4.0 V (Wang et al. 2019b) unlike the flat charging voltage profiles corresponding to the biphasic P3 → O3 transition in O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ (Figure 1.12). Tarascon’s group fabricated the prototype 18 650 cells of the O3-phase positive electrode with a hard carbon negative electrode and demonstrated a reversible specific capacity of ca. 154 mAh g⁻¹ with an operating voltage of ca. 3.1 V with gravimetric and volumetric energy densities of ca. 115 Wh kg⁻¹ and ca. 250 Wh L⁻¹ for the total cell weight and volume, respectively, comparable or slightly superior to the polyanionic Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃||hard carbon cells (100 Wh kg⁻¹, 175 Wh L⁻¹) because of the higher tapped density of the layered oxide material (1.9 g cm⁻³) than 1.1 g cm⁻³ of Na₃V₂(PO₄)₂F₃ (Mariyappan et al. 2020).

O3-type binary, ternary and quaternary transition metal systems exhibit a larger reversible capacity, better rate performance and capacity retention with smooth voltage profiles in Na cells compared to those of the single transition metal system. Most of the O3-type multiple transition metal systems reported so far overcome the severe issues for the practical use faced by the single transition metal systems: (1) an irreversible structural change related to the migration of transition metals into interlayers during the charging process; (2) stepwise voltage profiles originating from Na/vacancy orderings and phase transitions; (3) slow kinetics of Na (de)insertion; and (2) less moist air stability (Sathiya et al. 2012). Lowering the content of migrating cations such as Fe³⁺ reduces probability of the migration and enhances structural stability during charge and discharge (Li et al. 2016). The substitution by both Ti⁴⁺ and divalent cations such as Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺ leads to sloping voltage profiles and reduces the number of phase transitions (Mariyappan et al. 2020). Furthermore, Ti⁴⁺-substitution seems to stabilize a P3-type phase having a large interslab space (Mariyappan et al. 2018a), in which Na⁺ ions at prismatic sites directly migrate to a neighbor face-shared prismatic site through the wide rectangle bottleneck in P3 and P’3 structures, suggesting high Na⁺ diffusion in the P3-type stacking structure. Thus, the P3-type phase exhibits high Na⁺ diffusion, and a wider compositional range for P3-type Na_xNi_0.4Cu_0.1Mn_0.4Ti_0.1O₂ stabilized by the metalsubstitution leads to excellent rate capability (Yao et al. 2017). Consequently, O3-NaNi_0.4Cu_0.1Mn_0.4Ti_0.1O₂ also has higher moist air stability than that of the non-substituted O3-NaMn_1/2Ni_1/2O₂ (Yao et al. 2017).