Abundant nanoscale defects to eliminate voltage decay in Li-rich cathode materials

Guo, Huijuan; Wei, Zhen; Jia, Kai; Qiu, Bao; Yin, Chong; Meng, Fanqi; Zhang, Qinghua; Gu, Lin; Han, Shaojie; Liu, Yan; Zhao, Huahua; Jiang, Wei; Cui, Hui-Wang; Xia, Yonggao; Liu, Zhaoping

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HEVs (PHEVs), besides the traditional applications in portable devices. [5][6][7][8][9] Despite the above advantages, several concerns including structural instability and the resulted voltage degradation, as well as the poor diffusion kinetics at the interface have become the bottlenecks of Li-rich materials. [1][2][3] Lithium-rich (Li-rich) materials, with the specific capacity over 260 mAh g −1 and energy density up to ≈1000 Wh kg −1 , [4] have attracted great interest in the past decades.

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Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO₃ Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

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HEVs (PHEVs), besides the traditional applications in portable devices. To build the next generation LIBs with higher performances, high energy density materials are urgently pursued worldwide. [1][2][3] Lithium-rich (Li-rich) materials, with the specific capacity over 260 mAh g −1 and energy density up to ≈1000 Wh kg −1 , [4] have attracted great interest in the past decades. It is reported that Li-rich materials are composed of two phases of Li 2 MnO 3 (C 2/m ) and LiMO 2 (R m 3 ) (M = Ni, Co, Mn, etc.). [5][6][7][8][9] Despite the above advantages, several concerns including structural instability and the resulted voltage degradation, as well as the poor diffusion kinetics at the interface have become the bottlenecks of Li-rich materials. [9][10][11][12][13] In this regard, multifarious modification approaches, such as doping and surface coating, have been intensively investigated. [14][15][16] Particularly, Li + diffusion at the cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI) is widely regarded as the rate determining step in LIBs. [17][18][19] From this viewpoint, metal fluorides (FeF 3 , [20] MOF, [21,22] AlF 3 , [23,24] etc.), metal oxides (MgO, [25] Al 2 O 3 , [26,27] etc.), metal phosphates (AlPO 4 , [28] LaPO 4 , [29] Li 3 PO 4 , [30] FePO 4 /Li 3 PO 4 , [31] Li-Mn-PO 4 , [32] etc.), and those with similar structure of Li-rich Li 2 MnO 3 (Li 2 SiO 3 [33,34] and Li 2 SnO 3 , [35] ) have been widely applied to modify the surface of bulk Li-rich materials. Recently, fast lithium-ion conductors (LiVO 3 , [36] Li 2 ZrO 3 , [37] Li-La-Ti-O, [38,39] LiPON, [40] etc.) have also been proposed to decorate the surface of Li-rich cathodes to enhance the apparent diffusion coefficients. All the aforesaid surface modification materials, unexceptionally, have been proved to be effective in both stabilizing the structure and facilitating the Li + kinetics. Nevertheless, in general, the decoration layers themselves seem rather "passive" in promoting Li + diffusion. Assuming they are Li + conductive (e.g., solid electrolyte materials), fast Li + diffusion channels will be provided besides the general separation effect (in suppressing side reactions and inevitable TM dissolution). As for Li + insulators (e.g., metal fluorides), only the benefit of physical barriers could be exploited. Therefore, a more "initiative" function interface is imperative to be built to more effectively promote the Li + transport at the electrode-electrolyte interphase.It is noteworthy that piezoelectric material, as an important category in the energy-conversion community, works on the As one of the most promising cathodes for next-generation lithium ion batteries (LIBs), Li-rich materials have been extensively investigated for their high energy densities. However, the practical application of Li-rich cathodes is extremely retarded by the sluggish electrode-electrolyte interface kinetics and structure instability. In this context, piezoelectric LiTaO 3 is employed to functionalize the surface of Li 1.2 Ni 0.17 Mn 0.56 Co 0.07 O 2 (LNMCO), aiming to boost t...

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“…CT‐LRM displays apparently shorter potential plateau than pristine sample, which can be ascribed to the inactive of magnesium ion and the strong binding energy of P−O. Although electrochemical activation of Li 2 MnO 3 is beneficial to the capacity utilization, it also leads to huge lattice oxygen release which deteriorates the initial structure integrity and triggers the phase‐transitions . Therefore, the shorter potential plateau also presents less oxygen release and undesirable structure‐rearrangements.…”

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A Collaboration of Surface Protection and Bulk Doping for High‐performance Li‐rich Cathode Materials

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Li‐rich layered oxides (LLRO) are promising high energy‐density cathode, but always suffer from the oxygen loss in initial activation and gradual structure transformation during cycling, which leads to capacity degradation and potential decay. Here, we employ a simple strategy to achieve the collaboration of surface protection and bulk doping for improving the performance of Li‐rich material. Scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy tests demonstrate that a nanoscale protective layer of magnesium pyrophosphate is uniformly coated on the Li‐rich material surface. X‐ray diffraction test indicates Mg2+ and P2O74− are incorporated into the crystal structure, which induces the larger lattice spacing and lower cation mixing. As a result, the resultant LLRO displays extremely high Coulombic efficiency of 91.8% and discharge capacity of 288.4 mAh g−1, showing prominent cycling stability of 89.2% after 200 cycles. Furthermore, our strategy also suppresses the attenuation of average voltage during cycling and the potential drop is only 0.56 mV per cycle from 25 th to 200 th cycle. The excellent electrochemical performance can be ascribed to the combined merits of surface protection and bulk doping. This strategy may provide some new insights into the design and synthesis of high‐performance electrode materials.

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“…[47] Similarly, a great number of nanoscale defects, such as twin-orderings and stacking faults, can also be introduced into the lattice of LRMC by the treatment of in-depth chemical de-lithiation. [48] Nanoscale defects can create abundant boundaries which serve as the pins to mitigate the structure transformation and is beneficial to suppress voltage decay and ameliorate cycle stability. Furthermore, nano-porous structures, such as one-dimensional porous nanowire [49a] and three-dimensional hierarchical porous cubic-maze-like [49b] structure, can improve the contact between cathode materials and electrolyte, shorten the diffusion distance of Li-ion, and optimize the structural stability.…”

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“…In LRMC, the diffusion resistance of Li‐ion can be reduced by expanding the crystal cell size, [46] and the spacing between crystal planes can be changed by stacking faults with high density [47] . A large number of nanoscale defects, such as twin‐orderings and stacking faults, produce rich boundaries, which can be used as pins to alleviate structural transformation, suppress voltage attenuation, and improve cycling stability [48] . Also, the nanoporous structure can improve the contact between LRMC and electrolyte, which can effectively shorten the diffusion distance of Li‐ion, and optimize the structural stability [49]…”

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Function and Application of Defect Chemistry in High‐Capacity Electrode Materials for Li‐Based Batteries

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Yan

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Current commercial Li-based batteries are approaching their energy density limitation, yet still cannot satisfy the energy density demand of the high-end devices. Hence, it is critical to developing advanced electrode materials with high specific capacity. However, these electrode materials are facing challenges of severe structural degradation and fast capacity fading. Among various strategies, constructing defects in electrode materials holds great promise in addressing these issues. Herein, we summarize a series of significant defect engineering in the high-capacity electrode materials for Li-based batteries. The detailed retrospective on defects specification, function mechanism, and corresponding application achievements on these electrodes are discussed from the view of point, line, planar, volume defects. Defect engineering can not only stabilize the structure and enhance electric/ionic conductivity, but also act as active sites to improve the ionic storage and bonding ability of electrode materials to Li metal. We hope this review can spark more perspectives on evaluating high-energydensity Li-based batteries.

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Abundant nanoscale defects to eliminate voltage decay in Li-rich cathode materials

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Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO₃ Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO₃ Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

A Collaboration of Surface Protection and Bulk Doping for High‐performance Li‐rich Cathode Materials

Function and Application of Defect Chemistry in High‐Capacity Electrode Materials for Li‐Based Batteries

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Abundant nanoscale defects to eliminate voltage decay in Li-rich cathode materials

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Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO3 Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO3 Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

A Collaboration of Surface Protection and Bulk Doping for High‐performance Li‐rich Cathode Materials

Function and Application of Defect Chemistry in High‐Capacity Electrode Materials for Li‐Based Batteries

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Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO₃ Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase

Local Electric‐Field‐Driven Fast Li Diffusion Kinetics at the Piezoelectric LiTaO₃ Modified Li‐Rich Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase