Introducing scandium (Sc) can improve sodium-ion battery life. (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Introducing scandium (Sc) can improve sodium-ion battery life.

Caption

Sc doping improves the structural stability of P’2 NaMnO2 while maintaining cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion, which significantly improves cycling stability.

Credit

Professor Shinichi Komaba from Tokyo University of Science, Japan

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