Synthesis and electrochemical properties of layered Li-Ni-Mn-O compounds

An attempt to prepare solid solutions in the system of LiNiO2, LiMnO2 and Li2MnO3 was performed by heating metal acetates. The solid solutions between end members LiNiO2 and Li2MnO3 can be successfully prepared in the overall compositional ranges. Both the structure and capacity were compared based on Rietveld analysis and electrochemical investigation on solid solutions between LiNiO2 and Li2MnO3. The result showed that the cationic disorder as well as capacity was closely related to the ratio of Li, Mn and Ni in formula. The investigation of chronopotentiogram and ex situ XRD on the solid solutions indicated that the complex phase transitions in LiNiO2 during delithiation were strongly suppressed with low Mn content (Mn/(Mn + Ni) ratio was 0.1 or 0.2) and completely suppressed with the ratio more than 0.5. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.