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High-rate performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.45Al0.05O4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

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This paper presents an effective approach to improve the electrochemical performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 as cathode material for Li-ion batteries, including Al doping in Mn-site, combined with the spray drying method in which soluble starch is added as a cheap and environmentally friendly template agent. The as-prepared LiNi0.5Mn1.45Al0.05O4 material exhibits high crystallinity and excellent electrochemical performances. In detail, its delivers a reversible capacity of 114 mA h g−1 at 1 C in a voltage range of 3.5–4.95 V after 200 cycles, with a capacity retention of 94.4%. It still delivers reversible capacity of 73 mA h g−1 even at a high rate of 20 C. The superior electrochemical properties of LiNi0.5Mn1.45Al0.05O4 root from the disordered spinel structure for enhanced stability and Al doping for improved Li-ion diffusion.

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The authors would like to thank the Joint Work Plan for Research Projects under the Clean Vehicles Consortium at U.S. and China–Clean Energy Research Center (CERC-CVC2.0, 2016-2020).

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This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2019YFE0100200), the Tsinghua-Foshan Scientific Research Program (No. 2019THFS0132), and the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program (No. 2019Z02UTY06).

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    Li Wang, Li Sheng, Jin Wang, Hong Xu & Xiangming He

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  3. School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing, 100176, People’s Republic of China

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Wang, L., Sheng, L., Wang, J. et al. High-rate performance of LiNi0.5Mn1.45Al0.05O4 cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 27, 4639–4647 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04244-1

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