Temperature Dependence of Oxygen Release from LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 (NMC622) Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries

Promising cathode materials for Li-ion batteries are layered transition metal oxides (LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 , NMC). Here, we will investigate the temperature dependence of oxygen release from NMC622, caused by the transformation of the near-surface structure from the layered to spinel and/or rock-salt structure. We will demonstrate that oxygen release is not a potential driven process but occurs once ∼ 81% of the lithium ions are removed from the NMC structure. Consequently, the onset potential for oxygen release in NMC-graphite cells decreases only by ∼ 60 mV from 4.42 V at 25 ◦ C to 4.36 V at 50 ◦ C, which is simply due to lower overpotentials at higher temperature. The amount of evolved oxygen increases significantly with increasing temperature, indicating the formation of thicker spinel/rock-salt surface layers. As the released oxygen causes chemical oxidation of the electrolyte, the amounts of CO 2 and CO occurring simultaneously with O 2 release also increase with temperature. Further experiments in NMC-Li cells as well as with 13 C-labelled ethylene carbonate (EC) electrolyte show that CO 2 evolved prior to O 2 release results from i) EC hydrolysis and ii) electrolyte impurity oxidation. In agreement with the onset potentials for oxygen release, we will show that stable cycling of NMC622-graphite full-cells is possible at the different temperatures up to ∼ 81% state-of-charge. © The Attribution

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