Nature Communications (May 2021)

Twin boundary defect engineering improves lithium-ion diffusion for fast-charging spinel cathode materials

  • Rui Wang,
  • Xin Chen,
  • Zhongyuan Huang,
  • Jinlong Yang,
  • Fusheng Liu,
  • Mihai Chu,
  • Tongchao Liu,
  • Chaoqi Wang,
  • Weiming Zhu,
  • Shuankui Li,
  • Shunning Li,
  • Jiaxin Zheng,
  • Jie Chen,
  • Lunhua He,
  • Lei Jin,
  • Feng Pan,
  • Yinguo Xiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23375-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Defect modulation and understanding its impact on electrode materials remain challenging. Here, authors introduce twin boundaries into spinel cathode and demonstrate that their presence enables fast lithium ion diffusion.