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Synthesis and electrochemical properties of Zn-doping LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material for lithium-ion battery application

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The Zn-doped LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 samples were prepared by a simple sol–gel method combined with calcination at certain temperature. The crystal structure, morphology, and lithium storage performance of as-prepared materials were studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and galvanostatic charge/discharge tests. The Zn-doped samples kept same structure as that of LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 and took on morphology of nanoirregular cubes with length of 50–200 nm. The electrochemical performances for the Zn-doped LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 were improved obviously. Especially, the sample doped with 6% Zn (LNCM-0.06Zn) behaved with higher reversible capacity and better cycle performances (It maintained reversible capacity as 173 mAh g−1 after 100 cycles at 0.5 C and 118 mAh g−1 after 500 cycles, even at high rate of 8 C). So LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 doped with suitable amount of Zn is a promising cathode for lithium-ion battery application.

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Financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21476063) and the Guizhou Provincial Education Department (KY [2018] 031).

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    Lin Li, Qing Liu, Jingjing Huang, Shuying Luo, He Sun & Hao Zheng

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    Hao Zheng & Chuanqi Feng

  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Bijie, 551700, People’s Republic of China

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Li, L., Liu, Q., Huang, J. et al. Synthesis and electrochemical properties of Zn-doping LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode material for lithium-ion battery application. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 12409–12416 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03787-9

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