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Enhancing the electrochemical properties of LiNi0.92Co0.05Mn0.03O2 cathode material via co-doping aluminium and fluorine for high-energy lithium-ion batteries

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Ni-rich cathode materials LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2 (NCM) are widely used in Li-ion batteries because of their high energy density and low material cost. However, the cycle and safety performance are poor due to internal structure instability, cation mixing, and surface instability. The Al-O bond and TM-F bond are higher than the TM-O bond, which is beneficial to the stable layered structure of NCM cathode material. In this paper, Ni-rich layered Li[(Ni0.9Co0.05Mn0.03)1-xAlx]O2-zFz (NCMAF) cathode material was prepared by a high-temperature solid-state method. When compared to NCM, the co-doped NCMAF shows excellent rate performance with the discharge capacity (177 mAh/g) at 10C and better cycle performance with a capacity retention of 72.7% after 200 cycles. According to XRD, Rietveld refined, and TEM analysis, the lithium layer distance of co-doped NCMAF is broader than that of pristine NCM. The capacity differential (dQ/dV) proves that the H2-H3 phase transition is inhibited during the charging and discharging process of NCMAF. Analysis of EIS reveals that the modified NCMAF has lower polarization and increases the diffusion coefficient (8.59 × 10−14 cm2/s) of lithium-ion than pristine NCM.

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The authors would like to appreciate the help of XPS tests from Shiyanjia Lab (www.shiyanjia.com). And this research was provided technical support by “Ceshigo Research Service Agency for EBSD (www.ceshigo.com).”

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51874358 and 51772333) and supported by Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation (kq2014128).

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    Zhongdong Peng, Qiuming Yan, Ke Du, Guorong Hu, Zhongyuan Luo, Zijun Fang, Zhiying Li, Xin Wang & Yanbing Cao

  2. Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Battery Materials, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Zhongdong Peng, Ke Du, Guorong Hu & Yanbing Cao

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Zhongdong Peng: resources, investigation, same contribution as Qiuming Yan. Qiuming Yan: methodology, investigation, writing—review and editing. Ke Du: supervision, resources. Guorong Hu: supervision, resources. Zhongyuan Luo: review. Zijun Fang: review&TEM test. Zhiying Li: technical guidance. Xin Wang: technical guidance. Qinglai Jiang (second corresponding author): resources, technical guidance, review and editing. Yanbing Cao (first corresponding author): supervision, data curation and review, resources.

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Peng, Z., Yan, Q., Du, K. et al. Enhancing the electrochemical properties of LiNi0.92Co0.05Mn0.03O2 cathode material via co-doping aluminium and fluorine for high-energy lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 29, 3013–3025 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05015-w

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