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Understanding the Effects of Tetrahedral Site Occupancy by the Zn Dopant in Li-NMCs toward High-Voltage Compositional-Structural-Mechanical Stability via Operando and 3D Atom Probe Tomography Studies.
Sharma, Ankur; Pandey, Adityanarayan H; Jangid, Manoj K; Srihari, Velaga; Poswal, Himanshu K; Mukhopadhyay, Amartya.
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  • Sharma A; Advanced Batteries & Ceramics Laboratory (formerly, High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory), Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai400076, India.
  • Pandey AH; Thick and Thin Films Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai400076, India.
  • Jangid MK; Advanced Batteries & Ceramics Laboratory (formerly, High Temperature and Energy Materials Laboratory), Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai400076, India.
  • Srihari V; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan48109-1382, United States.
  • Mukhopadhyay A; High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai400085, India.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 15(1): 782-794, 2023 Jan 11.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36594652
Ni-containing "layered"/cation-ordered LiTMO2s (TM = transition metal) suffer from Ni-migration to the Li-layer at the unit cell level, concomitant transformation to a spinel/rock salt structure, hindrance toward Li-transport, and, thus, fading in Li-storage capacity during electrochemical cycling (i.e., repeated delithiation/lithiation), especially upon deep delithiation (i.e., going to high states-of-charge). Against this backdrop, our previously reported work [ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 25836-25849] revealed a new concept toward blocking the Ni-migration pathway by placing Zn2+ (which lacks octahedral site preference) in the tetrahedral site of the Li-layer, which, otherwise, serves as an intermediate site for the Ni-migration to the Li-layer. This, nearly completely, suppressed the Ni-migration, despite being deep delithiated up to a potential of 4.7 V (vs Li/Li+) and, thus, resulted in significant improvement in the high-voltage cyclic stability. In this regard, by way of conducting operando synchrotron X-ray diffraction, operando stress measurements, and 3D atom probe tomography, the present work throws deeper insights into the effects of such Zn-doping toward enhancing the structural-mechanical-compositional integrity of Li-NMCs upon being subjected to deep delithiation. These studies, as reported here, have provided direct lines of evidence toward notable suppression of the variations of lattice parameters of Li-NMCs, including complete prevention of the detrimental "c-axis collapse" at high states-of-charges and concomitant slower-cum-lower electrode stress development, in the presence of the Zn-dopant. Furthermore, the Zn-dopant has been found to also prevent the formation of Ni-enriched regions at the nanoscaled levels in Li-NMCs (i.e., Li/Ni-segregation or "structural densification") even upon being subjected to 100 charge/discharge cycles involving deep delithiation (i.e., up to 4.7 V). Such detailed insights based on direct/real-time lines of evidence, which reveal important correlations between the suppression of Ni-migration and high-voltage compositional-structural-mechanical stability, hold immense significance toward the development of high capacity and stable "layered" Li-TM-oxide based cathode materials for the next-generation Li-ion batteries.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces Asunto de la revista: BIOTECNOLOGIA / ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces Asunto de la revista: BIOTECNOLOGIA / ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: India Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos