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Effectively enhance high voltage stability of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material with excellent energy density via La2O3 surface modified

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La2O3-coated LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 has been successfully synthesized via a wet chemical process followed. The 3 wt% La2O3-coated LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 illustrated highest rate capability, lowest voltage decay, outstanding cycling performance, and excellent energy density at the range of 2.5–4.5 V. The discharge capacity of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 at a 5C rate increases from 86.9 to 137.5 mA h g−1 upon coating with La2O3 particles. The decrements of the average discharge voltages for 3 wt% La2O3-coated LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 electrode is 10.3 mV over 100th cycle and 26.9 mV over 200th cycle compared to 407 mV over 100th cycle for bare nickel cobalt manganese. The energy densities retention of 3 wt% La2O3-coated LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 is 96.5% after 100 cycles and 89.7% after 200 cycles compared to 34.5% after 100 cycles for bare LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2. Universal but efficient, it can also be suitable to coat other layered cathode materials to ameliorate their electrochemical properties.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51674221 and 51704261) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2018203330 and B2018203360).

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    Gang Sun, Chenxiao Jia, Jianning Zhang, Wu Yang, Zhipeng Ma, Guangjie Shao & Xiujuan Qin

  2. State key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, China

    Gang Sun, Chenxiao Jia, Guangjie Shao & Xiujuan Qin

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Sun, G., Jia, C., Zhang, J. et al. Effectively enhance high voltage stability of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material with excellent energy density via La2O3 surface modified. Ionics 25, 2007–2016 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2621-4

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