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B-doped nickel-rich ternary cathode material for lithium-ion batteries with excellent rate performance

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With the popularity of new energy vehicles, the demand for fast charging and rapid discharge is further increasing. Layered high-nickel ternary materials possess significant potential as cathode materials for electric vehicle batteries due to their high capacity, low cost, and environmental friendliness. In this paper, lithium metaborate, lithium hydroxide, and 90 series high-nickel ternary material precursors were used as raw materials to synthesize a series of B-doped cathode materials with highly textured structures. It is found that B doping can improve the lithium-ion diffusion rate, and the B-modified cathode material also has excellent rate performance, and the 0.5% B-doped cathode material still maintains a discharge specific capacity of 157.13 mAh/g at a discharge rate of 10 C. Additionally, the test of microparticle compressor shows that boron doping can significantly improve the mechanical properties of ternary cathode materials and inhibit the formation of microcracks. In summary, this study puts forward a new idea for the modification of high-nickel ternary cathode materials and promotes the commercialization of high-nickel ternary cathode materials.

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Project supported by the Central South University Innovation-Driven Research Programme (Grant No. 2023CXQD053), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province China (Grant No.2021JJ30823), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52274310), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52172264).

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China

    Yue Li, Ying-de Huang, Jing-yi Li, Chang-long Lei, Zhen-jiang He, Yi Cheng, Fei-xiang Wu & Yun-jiao Li

  2. National Engineering Research Center of Low-carbon Nonferrous Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Yue Li, Ying-de Huang, Jing-yi Li, Chang-long Lei, Zhen-jiang He, Yi Cheng, Fei-xiang Wu & Yun-jiao Li

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

    Yue Li, Ying-de Huang, Jing-yi Li, Chang-long Lei, Zhen-jiang He, Yi Cheng, Fei-xiang Wu & Yun-jiao Li

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Conceptualization, Yue Li and Ying-de Huang; methodology, Jing-yi Li; software, Chang-long Lei; validation, Yue Li and Zhen-jiang He; formal analysis, Yue Li; investigation, Zhen-jiang He; re-sources, Yun-jiao Li; data curation, Yue Li; writing—original draft preparation, Yue Li; writing—review and editing, Yue Li and Zhen-jiang He; visualization, Fei-xiang Wu; supervision, Yun-jiao Li; project administration, Yi Cheng; funding acquisition, Zhen-jiang He. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Li, Y., Huang, Yd., Li, Jy. et al. B-doped nickel-rich ternary cathode material for lithium-ion batteries with excellent rate performance. Ionics 29, 4559–4567 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05191-9

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