Sodium-ion
batteries (SIBs) hold great promise for low-cost energy
storage. Despite the major advances made in the material preparation
and battery performance, air instability has become a bottleneck for
the storage and electrode fabrication of O3-type NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 (NFM), but the
underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here we discovered that NFM
loses Na+ ions during ambient storage and Na2CO3 “fibers” sprout from the particle surface,
which caused the performance decay. We further demonstrated a facile
resintering strategy to regenerate the NFM in situ. This work highlights the importance of stringent humidity control
and provides the basis for designing surface-modification strategies.
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