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Releasing oxygen from the bulk

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Oxygen loss is an elusive phenomenon that accompanies oxygen redox in lithium-rich layered oxides in batteries. Now, multi-length-scale characterization reveals that oxygen originating from the oxide bulk is eventually released after prolonged cycling.

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Fig. 1: Generation of bulk oxygen vacancies and oxygen diffusion in Li-rich layered oxides.

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Yu, X. Releasing oxygen from the bulk. Nat Energy 6, 572–573 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00834-5

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