Despite the commercialization and tremendous attention of the Ni-rich LiN-iCoMnO 2 cathode due to high energy and working voltage, there are still hurdles to be improved. The conventional polycrystalline Ni-rich LiNiCoMnO 2 suffers from decays of specific capacity and energy during long-term cycling. It originates from more deficiency of oxygen and microcracking, resulting in severe phase transition toward disordered rock salt phase. Herein, singlecrystalline Ni-rich LiNi 0.91 Co 0.06 Mn 0.03 O 2 is successfully prepared to overcome these inherent drawbacks of polycrystalline. Benefiting from reduced specific surface area and grain boundaries, single-crystalline Ni-rich LiNi 0.91 Co 0.06 Mn 0.03 O 2 outperforms polycrystalline in all electrochemical performances. The single-crystalline LiNi 0.91 Co 0.06 Mn 0.03 O 2 exhibits not only superior cycle stability of 84.7% at 40 C after 100 cycles but also high-capacity retention of 76.2% under 2 C via improving structural integrity. Therefore, this work reveals that single crystalline can be a breakthrough for stable and high electrochemical performances. K E Y W O R D S decays of specific capacity and energy, deficiency of oxygen and microcracking, Ni-rich LiNiCoMnO 2 , phase transition, single-crystalline