Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 18, Pages 7796-7804Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02398
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- Office of Vehicle Technologies of the US Department of Energy through the Advanced Battery Materials Research Program (Battery500 Consortium) [DE-EE0007762]
- Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science of the US Department of Energy
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High-nickel layered oxides, such as LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (NCM-811), offer higher energy density than their low-nickel counterparts at a given voltage and are gaining major traction in automotive lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Besides high-Ni content, higher charging voltages above 4.3 V vs Li+/Li boost the energy and represent another focus in battery development. Here, we investigate the long-term cyclability of NCM-811 in graphite pouch cells over 1000 deep cycles between 2.5-4.2, 2.5-4.4, and 2.5-4.5 V through a suite of sensitive characterization techniques. The NCM-811 full cells show severely deteriorated cyclability with higher charging voltages, from 78% at 4.2 V to 52 and 32% at 4.4 and 4.5 V, respectively. At 4.2 V, minor parasitic electrolyte oxidation as well as cathode Li/Ni mixing and cracking are revealed after cycling, while transition-metal dissolution and surface reconstruction into rock-salt NiO are virtually undetectable. At 4.4 and 4.5 V, transition-metal dissolution and crossover to the anode become much more pronounced and a primary contributor to the capacity fade, while significant surface NiO formation causes substantial voltage polarization, which is less noticeable at 4.2 V. Meanwhile, more severe electrolyte oxidation, Li/Ni mixing, and particle pulverization exacerbate the voltage and capacity fade. These results outline distinct challenges for stable high-Ni layered oxide cathodes in high-voltage Li-ion batteries.
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