Nanostructured high-energy cathode materials for advanced lithium batteries
- Title
- Nanostructured high-energy cathode materials for advanced lithium batteries
- Author
- 윤종승
- Keywords
- Cathodes; Electric batteries; Electrodes; Lithium; Manganese; Manganese oxide; Metals; Nickel; Secondary batteries; Thermodynamic stability; Transition metal compounds; Transition metals
- Issue Date
- 2012-11
- Publisher
- Nature Materials; London
- Citation
- Nature Materials, Vol.11, No.11 [2012], p942-947
- Abstract
- Nickel-rich layered lithium transition-metal oxides, LiNi1?xMxO2 (M?=?transition metal), have been under intense investigation as high-energy cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries because of their high specific capacity and relatively low cost. However, the commercial deployment of nickel-rich oxides has been severely hindered by their intrinsic poor thermal stability at the fully charged state and insufficient cycle life, especially at elevated temperatures. Here, we report a nickel-rich lithium transition-metal oxide with a very high capacity (215?mA?h?g?1), where the nickel concentration decreases linearly whereas the manganese concentration increases linearly from the centre to the outer layer of each particle. Using this nano-functional full-gradient approach, we are able to harness the high energy density of the nickel-rich core and the high thermal stability and long life of the manganese-rich outer layers. Moreover, the micrometre-size secondary particles of this cathode material are composed of aligned needle-like nanosize primary particles, resulting in a high rate capability. The experimental results suggest that this nano-functional full-gradient cathode material is promising for applications that require high energy, long calendar life and excellent abuse tolerance such as electric vehicles.
- URI
- https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat3435http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/43663
- ISSN
- 1476-1122
- DOI
- 10.1038/nmat3435
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