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Alkali metal Na+ doped LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 cathode material with a stable structure and high performance for lithium-ion batteries

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High nickel ternary materials are the preferred cathode material for electric vehicle power batteries due to the advantage of high energy density. Nevertheless, the electrochemical performance deteriorates due to the unstable structure of the high nickel cathode material. To address this issue, a solid phase sintering process introduces alkali metal Na+ with a larger ion radius into LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 (Na@LNCM). In the crystal structure of Na@LNCM material, Na+ ions occupied the Li+ sites, resulting in the decrease of lithium-nickel mixing in Na@LNCM and maintain the structural stability of the material. Meanwhile, Na+ doping increases the interlayer spacing of Na@LNCM and plays a key role in supporting the structure of the material, which is beneficial to accelerating the transportation of Li+ during charge–discharge cycles. The cycling and rate performances of Na@LNCM are apparently improved by Na+ doping in this study. So, Na+ doped high nickel cathodes can be used in high performance lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2020SK2007), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2019JJ50814), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University (Grant No. 1053320211418).

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    Gaoqiang Mao, Ying Yang, Wen Jiao, Wanjing Yu, Xinyang Yuan, Qinghua Tian, Leiying Zeng, Long Jiang, Hui Tong & Xueyi Guo

  2. National and Regional Joint Engineering Research Center of Nonferrous Metal Resource Recycling, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Ying Yang, Wanjing Yu, Qinghua Tian, Hui Tong & Xueyi Guo

  3. Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Battery Materials, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Ying Yang, Wanjing Yu, Qinghua Tian, Hui Tong & Xueyi Guo

  4. XTC New Energy Materials (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., Xiamen, 361026, People’s Republic of China

    Leiying Zeng & Long Jiang

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Mao, G., Yang, Y., Jiao, W. et al. Alkali metal Na+ doped LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 cathode material with a stable structure and high performance for lithium-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 57, 19892–19901 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07763-y

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