Study of Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Recent Progress and New Challenges
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Lithium- and Manganese-Rich Layered Structure Materials
2.1. Modifications of xLi2MnO3·(1 − x)Li[NiaCobMnc]O2 Materials by Surface Coating and Lattice Do**
2.2. Low-Temperature Activation of xLi2MnO3·(1 − x)Li[MnyNizCow]O2 Materials
2.3. Porous Li- and Mn-Rich High-Energy-Density Cathode Materials
3. Nickel-Rich Li[NixCoyMnz]O2 Layered Structure Materials (NCM, x > 0.5, x + y + z = 1)
3.1. Zirconium and Aluminum Do** of Li[NixCoyMnz]O2 Materials
3.2. Surface Coatings of Li[NixCoyMnz]O2 Materials
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Conflicts of Interest
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Schipper, F.; Nayak, P.K.; Erickson, E.M.; Amalraj, S.F.; Srur-Lavi, O.; Penki, T.R.; Talianker, M.; Grinblat, J.; Sclar, H.; Breuer, O.; et al. Study of Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Recent Progress and New Challenges. Inorganics 2017, 5, 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics5020032
Schipper F, Nayak PK, Erickson EM, Amalraj SF, Srur-Lavi O, Penki TR, Talianker M, Grinblat J, Sclar H, Breuer O, et al. Study of Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Recent Progress and New Challenges. Inorganics. 2017; 5(2):32. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics5020032
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchipper, Florian, Prasant Kumar Nayak, Evan M. Erickson, S. Francis Amalraj, Onit Srur-Lavi, Tirupathi Rao Penki, Michael Talianker, Judith Grinblat, Hadar Sclar, Ortal Breuer, and et al. 2017. "Study of Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Recent Progress and New Challenges" Inorganics 5, no. 2: 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics5020032