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Spray-drying Al onto hydroxide precursors to prepare LiNi0.855Co0.095Al0.05O2 as a highly stable cathode for lithium-ion batteries

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? 2022 Elsevier B.V.The very high specific discharge capacities of Ni> 90% cathodes are often undone by their extremely poor cycle life and thermal stability. Herein, Ni-poor, and Al-rich particle with double concentration gradients is fabricated by synthesizing particles of the Ni-rich hydroxide Ni0.9Co0.1(OH)2 in a highly efficient Taylor flow (TF) reactor and then depositing Al onto their surfaces using three methods: spray-drying and conventional wet and dry chemical coating. The uniformity of the surface distribution of Al on the Ni-rich transition metal oxide cathode materials affected the overall structural and electrochemical stability. Among our three systems, the cathode material prepared with the spray-dried Al exhibited the best performance, with an initial discharge capacity of 196.9 mA h g–1 and capacity retention of 93% after 100 cycles at a rate of 1 C. It also demonstrated superior electrochemical performance at higher C-rates. For example, at 10 C, it delivered an initial discharge capacity of 134.4 mA h g–1, compared with 56.8 mA h g–1 for the Al-free LiNi0.9Co0.1O2. We attribute this enhanced electrochemical performance to the presence of Al and its uniform distribution (through spray-drying processing) on the outer layer of the active material, with the Ni and Co elements remaining mainly within the core.

Al-rich surfaceLiNi0.855Co0.095Al0.05O2 (LNCA)LiNi0.9Co0.1O2 (LNC)Spray-dry coatingTaylor flow reactor

Seenivasan M.、Jeyakumar J.、Yang C.-C.、Jose R.

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Battery Research Center of Green Energy Ming Chi University of Technology

Nanostructured Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology University Malaysia Pahang

2022

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

EISCI
ISSN:0925-8388
年,卷(期):2022.926
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