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- House, Robert A., et al.
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Superstructure control of first-cycle voltage hysteresis in oxygen-redox cathodes
- 2020
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Ingår i: Nature. - : NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 577:7791, s. 502-508
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In conventional intercalation cathodes, alkali metal ions can move in and out of a layered material with the charge being compensated for by reversible reduction and oxidation of the transition metal ions. If the cathode material used in a lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery is alkali-rich, this can increase the battery's energy density by storing charge on the oxide and the transition metal ions, rather than on the transition metal alone(1-10). There is a high voltage associated with oxidation of O2- during the first charge, but this is not recovered on discharge, resulting in reduced energy density(11). Displacement of transition metal ions into the alkali metal layers has been proposed to explain the first-cycle voltage loss (hysteresis)(9,12-16). By comparing two closely related intercalation cathodes, Na-0.75[Li0.25Mn0.75]O-2 and Na-0.6[Li0.2Mn0.8]O-2, here we show that the first-cycle voltage hysteresis is determined by the superstructure in the cathode, specifically the local ordering of lithium and transition metal ions in the transition metal layers. The honeycomb superstructure of Na-0.75[Li0.25Mn0.75]O-2, present in almost all oxygen-redox compounds, is lost on charging, driven in part by formation of molecular O-2 inside the solid. The O-2 molecules are cleaved on discharge, reforming O2-, but the manganese ions have migrated within the plane, changing the coordination around O2- and lowering the voltage on discharge. The ribbon superstructure in Na-0.6[Li0.2Mn0.8]O-2 inhibits manganese disorder and hence O-2 formation, suppressing hysteresis and promoting stable electron holes on O2- that are revealed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The results show that voltage hysteresis can be avoided in oxygen-redox cathodes by forming materials with a ribbon superstructure in the transition metal layers that suppresses migration of the transition metal. In oxygen-redox intercalation cathodes, voltage hysteresis can be avoided by forming cathode materials with a 'ribbon' superstructure in the transition metal layers that suppresses transition metal migration.
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- Guerrini, Niccolo, et al.
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Charging Mechanism of Li2MnO3
- 2020
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : AMER CHEMICAL SOC. - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 32:9, s. 3733-3740
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Operando mass spectroscopy demonstrates quantitatively that lithium extraction from Li2MnO3 is charge compensated by oxygen loss (O-loss) not oxidation of oxide ions that are retained within the structural framework (O-redox). This fact is confirmed by X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy. Li NMR shows that the two-phase core-shell structure, which forms on charging, is composed of an intact Li2MnO3 core and a highly disordered shell containing no Li, with a composition close to MnO2. Discharge involves Li insertion into the disordered shell. CO2 and O-2 are detected on charging at 15 mA g(-1), whereas charging by galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) forms only CO2; an observation in agreement with the previously described model of oxygen evolution from high-voltage cathodes producing singlet O-2 that reacts with the electrolyte forming CO2. The dominance of oxygen evolution over O-redox is in accordance with the model of O-loss occurring when the oxide ions are undercoordinated; O in the shell devoid of Li is coordinated by only 2 Mn.
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- House, Robert A., et al.
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Lithium manganese oxyfluoride as a new cathode material exhibiting oxygen redox
- 2018
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Ingår i: Energy & Environmental Science. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1754-5692 .- 1754-5706. ; 11:4, s. 926-932
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The quantity of charge stored in transition metal oxide intercalation cathodes for Li or Na batteries is not limited by transition metal redox reactions but can also access redox reactions on O; examples include Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2, Li2Ru0.75Sn0.25O3, Li1.2Nb0.3Mn0.4O2, Na2RuO3 and Na2/3Mg0.28Mn0.72O2. Here we show that oxyfluorides can also exhibit charge storage by O-redox. We report the discovery of lithium manganese oxyfluoride, specifically the composition, Li1.9Mn0.95O2.05F0.95, with a high capacity to store charge of 280 mA h g(-1) (corresponding to 960 W h kg(-1)) of which almost half, 130 mA h g(-1), arises from O-redox. This material has a disordered cubic rocksalt structure and the voltage-composition curve is significantly more reversible compared with ordered Li-rich layered cathodes. Unlike lithium manganese oxides such as the ordered layered rocksalt Li2MnO3, Li1.9Mn0.95O2.05F0.95 does not exhibit O loss from the lattice. The material is synthesised using a simple, one-pot mechanochemical procedure.
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- House, Robert A., et al.
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What Triggers Oxygen Loss in Oxygen Redox Cathode Materials?
- 2019
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : AMER CHEMICAL SOC. - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 31:9, s. 3293-3300
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is possible to increase the charge capacity of transition metal (TM) oxide cathodes in alkali-ion batteries by invoking redox reactions on the oxygen. However, oxygen loss often occurs. To explore what affects oxygen loss in oxygen redox materials, we have compared two analogous Na-ion cathodes, P2-Na0.67Mg0.28Mn0.72O2 and P2-Na0.78Li0.25Mn0.75O2. On charging to 4.5 V, >0.4e(-) are removed from the oxide ions of these materials, but neither compound exhibits oxygen loss. Li is retained in P2-Na0.78Li0.25Mn0.25O2 but displaced from the TM to the alkali metal layers, showing that vacancies in the TM layers, which also occur in other oxygen redox compounds that exhibit oxygen loss such as Li[Li0.2Ni0.2Mn0.6]O-2, are not a trigger for oxygen loss. On charging at 5 V, P2-Na0.78Li0.25Mn0.75O2 exhibits oxygen loss, whereas P2-Na0.67Mg0.28Mn0.72O2 does not. Under these conditions, both Na+ and Li+ are removed from P2-Na0.78Li0.25Mn0.75O2, resulting in underbonded oxygen (fewer than 3 cations coordinating oxygen) and surface-localized O loss. In contrast, for P2-Na0.67Mg0.28Mn0.72O2, oxygen remains coordinated by at least 2 Mn4+ and 1 Mg2+ ions, stabilizing the oxygen and avoiding oxygen loss.
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- Maitra, Urmimala, et al.
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Oxygen redox chemistry without excess alkali-metal ions in Na2/3[Mg0.28Mn0.72]O2
- 2018
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Ingår i: Nature Chemistry. - : Springer Nature. - 1755-4330 .- 1755-4349. ; 10, s. 288-295
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The search for improved energy-storage materials has revealed Li-and Na-rich intercalation compounds as promising high-capacity cathodes. They exhibit capacities in excess of what would be expected from alkali-ion removal/reinsertion and charge compensation by transition-metal (TM) ions. The additional capacity is provided through charge compensation by oxygen redox chemistry and some oxygen loss. It has been reported previously that oxygen redox occurs in O 2p orbitals that interact with alkali ions in the TM and alkali-ion layers (that is, oxygen redox occurs in compounds containing Li+-O(2p)-Li+ interactions). Na2/3[Mg0.28Mn0.72]O2 exhibits an excess capacity and here we show that this is caused by oxygen redox, even though Mg2+ resides in the TM layers rather than alkali-metal (AM) ions, which demonstrates that excess AM ions are not required to activate oxygen redox. We also show that, unlike the alkali-rich compounds, Na2/3[Mg0.28Mn0.72]O2 does not lose oxygen. The extraction of alkali ions from the alkali and TM layers in the alkalirich compounds results in severely underbonded oxygen, which promotes oxygen loss, whereas Mg2+ remains in Na2/3[Mg0.28Mn0.72]O2, which stabilizes oxygen.
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