Won‐Sub Yoon

The accelerating development of technologies requires a significant energy consumption, and consequently the demand for advanced energy storage devices is increasing at a high rate. In the last two decades, lithium-ion batteries have been the most robust technology, supplying high energy and power density. Improving cathode materials is one of the ways to satisfy the need for even better batteries. Therefore developing new types of positive electrode materials by increasing cell voltage and capa

In situ hard X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at metal K-edges and soft XAS at O K-edge and metal L-edges have been carried out during the first charging process for the layered Li1-xCo1/3Ni1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material. The metal K-edge XANES results show that the major charge compensation at the metal site during Li-ion deintercalation is achieved by the oxidation of Ni2+ ions, while the manganese ions and the cobalt ions remain mostly unchanged in the Mn4+ and Co3+ state. These conclusions a

To investigate the electronic structure of the electrochemically Li-ion deintercalated Li1-xCoO2 system, soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) for the oxygen K-edge and the Co LII,III-edge has been carried out intensively with compositional x value variation, compared with Co K-edge X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. To get reasonably good XAS spectra for the electrochemically Li-ion deintercalated Li1-xCoO2 system, we made a binder-free LiCoO2 film electrode using the

Abstract An increase in the amount of nickel in LiMO 2 (M = Ni, Co, Mn) layered system is actively pursued in lithium‐ion batteries to achieve higher capacity. Nevertheless, fundamental effects of Ni element in the three‐component layered system are not systematically studied. Therefore, to unravel the role of Ni as a major contributor to the structural and electrochemical properties of Ni‐rich materials, Co‐fixed LiNi 0.5+ x Co 0.2 Mn 0.3– x O 2 ( x = 0, 0.1, and 0.2) layered materials are inve

We have investigated the local electronic and atomic structure of the LiMn0.5Ni0.5O2 electrode during the first charge and discharge process using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of the Mn and Ni K-edges. The Ni K-edge structure in the XANES spectrum shifts to higher energy during charge and shifts back reversibly during discharge in the higher voltage region of ∼4 V, whereas the Mn K-edge structure does not appear to exhibit a rigid edge shift. Further Li-ion intercalation during ex

Short-range ordering in was investigated with NMR and first principles structure computations. NMR indicates that the tendency for to replace in the layers decreases with decreasing nickel content. Li in the Ni/Mn layers preferentially occupies sites near and avoids the ions, leading to nonrandom configurations. Calculations indicate that the ground state of contains zigzag rows of and ions. Although a disordering temperature of approximately 1000 K is calculated, ordered fragments persist above

In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of the Mn and Ni K-edges and magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy have been carried out during the first charging and discharging process for the layered cathode material. The Ni K-edge structure in the X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectrum exhibits a rigid positive energy shift with increased Li deintercalation level, while the Mn XANES spectra do not show any substantial energy changes. The Ni edge

The ever-growing demand for high-energy lithium-ion batteries in portable electronics and electric vehicles has triggered intensive research efforts over the past decade. An efficient strategy to boost the energy and power density of lithium-ion batteries is to increase the Ni content in the cathode materials. However, a higher Ni content in the cathode materials gives rise to safety issues. Herein, thermal expansion and oxygen vacancies are proposed as new critical factors that affect the therm

This review provides well-organized and up-to-date information about the key factors influencing the properties and performances of alkali-ion transition metal inorganic cathode materials by encompassing a wide scope from atomic to microscopic levels.