Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Synergy of cations in high entropy oxide lithium ion battery anode

  • Kai Wang,
  • Weibo Hua,
  • Xiaohui Huang,
  • David Stenzel,
  • Junbo Wang,
  • Ziming Ding,
  • Yanyan Cui,
  • Qingsong Wang,
  • Helmut Ehrenberg,
  • Ben Breitung,
  • Christian Kübel,
  • Xiaoke Mu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37034-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Though high entropy oxides have been explored as possible conversion-type negative electrodes for Li-ion batteries, the roles of the different elements remain unclear. Here the authors determine the behavior of each element during electrochemical cycling and connect it to the nanoscale structure.