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Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Chemical Communications This journal is ? The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 Supporting information: Prussian Blue: A New Framework of Electrode Materials for Sodium Batteries Yuhao Lua, Long Wanga, Jinguang Cheng, John B. Goodenough* aThese authors contributed equally to this work Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712, United States; Email: jgoodenough@mail.utexas.edu Characterization The structure and composition of Prussian blue analogues were characterized by Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) obtained with a Philips X-ray diffractometer equipped with Cu Kα radiation (λ=1.5418 ?). The angular resolution in 2θ scans was 0.02o over a 2θ range of 10-70o. The temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility was measured in the temperature range 5-300 K under a magnetic field H = 1 T with a commercial Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) magnetometer (Quantum Design). A standard CR2032 coin cell was adopted to evaluate the electrochemical behavior of the Prussian blue analogues (PB) electrodes. The coin cell included a sandwich structure of a PB ? cathode, a Celgard polypropylene separator, and a piece of sodium metal as anode. The PB electrode consisted of 75 wt.% PB analogues, 5 wt.% polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) binder, and 20 wt.% acetylene black. The electrode was rolled into a thin sheet and punched into circular discs. The typical electrode mass was 2±0.5 mg. The electrolyte used for testing was the saturated NaClO4 in 1:1 EC/DEC (vol.:vol.). All cells were assembled in an argon-filled glove box. T