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Appropriate proportion truncated octahedron LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with excellent electrochemical properties for lithium-ion batteries prepared by graphite-assisted calcination method

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LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 materials with different crystal surface proportions are synthesized by graphite-assisted calcination method. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveals homogeneous microsized polyhedral morphology with different proportions of exposed {100} and {111} surfaces. The most highlighted result is that LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with appropriate proportion exposed {100} and {111} surfaces can achieve both high power and long lifetime simultaneously. The LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with appropriate proportion exposed {100} and {111} surfaces can provide a large capacity of 74.8 mAh g−1 even at a discharge rate as high as 20 C. Besides, the capacity retentions of the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with appropriate proportion exposed {100} and {111} surfaces are found to be 93.33% at 1 C after 100 cycles. These results represent the experimental evidence for lattice-plane anisotropy in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 crystals. Moreover, the LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with appropriate proportion exposed {100} and {111} surface structure is beneficial for obtaining high volumetric energy density and excellent processability in practical applications.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21766017, 51962019), the High Value Patent Conversion Implementation Project (No. 18ZC1LA014), and the Lanzhou University of Technology Hongliu First-class Discipline Construction Program

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    Yuan Wei, Kuanyou Tuo, Peng Wang, Li Yang, Wenbiao Liang, Hao Ding, Xiaoling Cui & Shiyou Li

  2. Gansu Engineering Laboratory of Cathode Material for Lithium-ion Battery, Lanzhou, 730050, China

    Xiaoling Cui & Shiyou Li

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Wei, Y., Tuo, K., Wang, P. et al. Appropriate proportion truncated octahedron LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 with excellent electrochemical properties for lithium-ion batteries prepared by graphite-assisted calcination method. Ionics 26, 6003–6012 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03786-0

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