Journal
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 587, Issue -, Pages 710-716Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.10.226
Keywords
Lithium ion batteries; Cathode materials; Core-shell structure; Co-precipitation
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Funding
- National 863 Program of China [2011AA11A234, 2013AA050906]
- NSFC [51272175, 20901058, 21301127]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China [NCET-10-0952]
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The comparative investigations between core-shell and non-core-shell structured layered materials with a same composition are seldom reported and extremely necessary. Li[Ni0.7Co0.1Mn0.2]O-2 is firstly redesigned into core-shell structured Li[(Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1)(0.7)(Ni0.45Co0.1Mn0.45)(0.3)]O-2 and the detailed comparative investigations between them are performed in this work. In this core-shell structure, Li[Ni0.8Co0.1Mn0.1]O-2 with high capacity is encapsulated completely with Li[ Ni0.45Co0.1Mn0.45]O-2 as a stable layer. Transition metal hydroxide precursors were synthesized by coprecipitation method. The core-shell structure of hydroxide precursor as designed was identified by particle size analysis, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and derivative thermogravimetric analysis (DTG). The obtained core-shell precursor was calcined with stoichiometric Li2CO3 (nLi:nM = 1.05:1) at 850 degrees C for 16 h to get lithiated oxide. XRD results showed that lithiated oxide can be indexed to a typical layered structure with a R-3m space group. EDS analysis from the cross-section of core-shell material particles revealed somewhat diffusion of cations in core-shell structure resulting in a concentration gradient layer, however, the core-shell structure of lithiated oxide was still remained. The electrochemical and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) tests showed that core-shell structured Li[ Ni0.7Co0.1Mn0.2]O-2 displayed remarkably improved cyclability and thermal stability compared with the non-core-shell structured one. These results can clarify the function of core-shell structure in core-shell structured layered materials by excluding the effects of composition variation. (C) 2013 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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