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Improvement of electrochemical performance for AlF3-coated Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Li-rich layered-layered-Spinel structure spherical Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 particles was successfully prepared and coated with a uniform layer by a two-step co-precipitation method and evaluated in lithium cells. The structures and electrochemical properties of pristine Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 and AlF3-coated Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 were characterized. When the coating amount was 2 wt%, the cathode showed the best cycling performance and rate capability compared to others. The AlF3-coated Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 Li-ion cell cathode had a capacity retention of 90.07 % after 50 cycles at 0.5 C over 2.0–4.8 V, while the pristine Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 exhibited capacity retention of only 80.73 %. Moreover, the rate capability and cyclic performance also improved. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy testing revealed that the improved electrochemical performance might attribute to the AlF3 coating layer which can suppress the increase of impedance during the charging and discharging process by preventing direct contact between the highly delithiated active material and electrolyte.

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This project was supported by Shenzhen Strategic Emerging Industry Development Funds Projects (No. JCYJ20130329161414809, JCYJ20150625142543461) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11372085 and 10902029).

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    Zhenye Zhu, Fangyuan Cai & Jie Yu

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Zhu, Z., Cai, F. & Yu, J. Improvement of electrochemical performance for AlF3-coated Li1.3Mn4/6Ni1/6Co1/6O2.40 cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. Ionics 22, 1353–1359 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1653-x

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