Insignificant impact of designed oxygen release from high capacity Li[(Ni1/2Mn1/2)xCoy(Li1/3Mn2/3)1/3]O2 (x + y = 2/3) positive electrodes during the cycling of Li-ion cells

Abstract The properties of graphite/Li[(Ni 0.5 Mn 0.5 ) x Co y (Li 1/3 Mn 2/3 ) 1/3 ]O 2 ( x  +  y  = 2/3, y  = 1/12 and 1/6) Li-ion cells are reported. There is an extended plateau near 4.5 V during the first charging of the cells that corresponds to the simultaneous removal of Li and oxygen from the Li[(Ni 0.5 Mn 0.5 ) x Co y (Li 1/3 Mn 2/3 ) 1/3 ]O 2 ( x  +  y  = 2/3, y  = 1/12 and 1/6) electrodes. The release of this oxygen directly within a Li-ion cell has been a cause for concern. However, it was found that subsequent to O 2 release, Li-ion cells delivered a high reversible positive electrode specific capacity near 250 mAh/g at C /30 between 2.5 and 4.8 V, the cells did not display increased irreversible capacity relative to counterparts having Li metal negative electrodes and the cells retained 85% of their initial capacity after 70 cycles at C /6 between 2.5 and 4.6 V. Therefore, the O 2 released during the first charge does not significantly impact the electrochemical properties of graphite/Li[(Ni 0.5 Mn 0.5 ) x Co y (Li 1/3 Mn 2/3 ) 1/3 ]O 2 ( x  +  y  = 2/3) lithium-ion cells.

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