1. Surface Structural Transition Induced by Gradient Polyanion-Doping in Li-Rich Layered Oxides: Implications for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance.
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Zhao, Ying, Liu, Jiatu, Wang, Shuangbao, Ji, Ran, Xia, Qingbing, Ding, Zhengping, Wei, Weifeng, Liu, Yong, Wang, Peng, and Ivey, Douglas G.
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POLYANIONS , *POLYIONS , *POLYMERS , *OXIDES , *OXYGEN compounds - Abstract
Lithium-rich layered oxides (LLOs) exhibit great potential as high-capacity cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, but usually suffer from capacity/voltage fade during electrochemical cycling. Herein, a gradient polyanion-doping strategy is developed to initiate surface structural transition to form a spinel-like surface nanolayer and a polyanion-doped layered core material in LLOs simultaneously. This strategy integrates the advantages of both bulk doping and surface modification as the oxygen close-packed structure of LLOs is stabilized by polyanion doping, and the LLO cathodes are protected from steady corrosion induced by electrolytes. A LLO material modified with 5 at% phosphate (5%P@LLO) shows a high reversible discharge capacity of ≈300 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C, excellent cycling stability with a capacity retention of 95% after 100 cycles, and enhanced electrode kinetics. This gradient doping strategy can be further extended to other polyanion-doped LLO materials, such as borate and silicate polyanions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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