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Study on Electrochemical Performance of Various Oxides-Coated LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode for Lithium Ion Battery

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In this study, LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 was prepared by solid-state synthesis method and MgCO3, Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2 were dry-coated on the surface of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4. The structure and geometry of pure-LNMO and coated-LNMO were characterized by XRD, SEM, SEM–EDS. Dry coating method was applied and various coating materials were evaluated in terms of the stability study at room/high temperature and electrochemical property. The results of XRD and SEM–EDS demonstrated that MgCO3, Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2 were coated on the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 surface without any structural changes. Compared with pure-LNMO, the coated-LNMO shows significant decrease in side-reaction with electrolyte solution at the first cycle of the electrochemical test. In addition, coated-LNMO displays prominent thermal-stability at 25 °C and 55 °C and high c-rate, compared with pure-LNMO. Especially the coating layer of SiO2 inhibits the side-reaction with electrolyte solution induced by initial moisture formation. Therefore, the stability of capacity is significantly improved at the temperature of 55 °C and high c-rate, which are same results with those obtained by the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results. This study has employed solid-state synthesis and dry coating method for the evaluation of various coated-LNMO materials and demonstrated the possibility to develop new high energy density electrode materials by surface modification.

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Cho, S., Kim, S., Kim, W. et al. Study on Electrochemical Performance of Various Oxides-Coated LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode for Lithium Ion Battery. Electron. Mater. Lett. 15, 481–492 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-019-00129-8

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