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A stable lithium-rich surface structure for lithium-rich layered cathode materials

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  • Sangryun Kim

    (Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    KAIST Institute NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Woosuk Cho

    (Advanced Batteries Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI))

  • Xiaobin Zhang

    (School of Materials Science I, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST))

  • Yoshifumi Oshima

    (School of Materials Science I, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST))

  • Jang Wook Choi

    (Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    KAIST Institute NanoCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST))

Abstract

Lithium ion batteries are encountering ever-growing demand for further increases in energy density. Li-rich layered oxides are considered a feasible solution to meet this demand because their specific capacities often surpass 200 mAh g−1 due to the additional lithium occupation in the transition metal layers. However, this lithium arrangement, in turn, triggers cation mixing with the transition metals, causing phase transitions during cycling and loss of reversible capacity. Here we report a Li-rich layered surface bearing a consistent framework with the host, in which nickel is regularly arranged between the transition metal layers. This surface structure mitigates unwanted phase transitions, improving the cycling stability. This surface modification enables a reversible capacity of 218.3 mAh g−1 at 1C (250 mA g−1) with improved cycle retention (94.1% after 100 cycles). The present surface design can be applied to various battery electrodes that suffer from structural degradations propagating from the surface.

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  • Sangryun Kim & Woosuk Cho & Xiaobin Zhang & Yoshifumi Oshima & Jang Wook Choi, 2016. "A stable lithium-rich surface structure for lithium-rich layered cathode materials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms13598
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13598
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    1. Lv, Yao & Huang, Shifei & Zhao, Yufeng & Roy, Swagata & Lu, Xionggang & Hou, Yanglong & Zhang, Jiujun, 2022. "A review of nickel-rich layered oxide cathodes: synthetic strategies, structural characteristics, failure mechanism, improvement approaches and prospects," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).

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