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Correlation between the structural, electrical and electrochemical performance of layered Li(Ni0.33Co0.33Mn0.33)O2 for lithium ion battery

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The Li(Ni0.33Co0.33Mn0.33)O2 (LNCMO) cathode material is prepared by poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)-assisted sol-gel/hydrothermal and poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly (ethylene glycol) (Pluronic-P123)-assisted hydrothermal methods. The compound prepared by PVP-assisted hydrothermal method shows a comparatively higher electrical conductivity of ~2 × 10−5 S cm−1 and exhibits a discharge capacity of 152 mAh g−1 in the voltage range of 2.5 to 4.4 V, for a C-rate of 0.2 C, whereas the compounds prepared by P123-assisted hydrothermal method and PVP-assisted sol-gel method show a total electrical conductivity in the order of 10−6 S cm−1 and result in poor electrochemical performance. The structural and electrical properties of LNCMO (active material) and its electrochemical performance are correlated. The difference in percentage of ionic and electronic conductivity contribution to the total electrical conductivity is compared by transference number studies. The cation disorder is found to be the limiting factor for the lithium ion diffusion as determined from ionic conductivity values.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Karunya University, Coimbatore- 641114, Tamil Nadu, India, for the central research facilities. The authors are very much grateful to the Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Mumbai, India (DAE-BRNS Project no. 34/32/1221/2012) for providing funding for this research work. One of the authors Mr. P. Senthil Kumar gives thanks to DAE-BRNS (Project no. 34/32/1221/2012), for the grant of Senior Research Fellowship. Authors give thanks to Prof. B.V.R. Chowdari, NUS for the valuable suggestions and discussions. The authors are also thankful to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), SERB, India (Project no. SR/FTP/PS-192/2011) for the financial support.

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  1. Department of Physics, Karunya University, Coimbatore, 641 114, Tamil Nadu, India

    P. Senthil Kumar & A. Sakunthala

  2. Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 117 542

    M. V. Reddy

  3. Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea

    S. Shanmugam

  4. Advanced Ceramics, University of Bremen, Am Biologischen Garten 2/IW3, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    M. Prabu

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Kumar, P.S., Sakunthala, A., Reddy, M.V. et al. Correlation between the structural, electrical and electrochemical performance of layered Li(Ni0.33Co0.33Mn0.33)O2 for lithium ion battery. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 1865–1876 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-3029-y

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