Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Gas–solid interfacial modification of oxygen activity in layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries

  • Bao Qiu,
  • Minghao Zhang,
  • Lijun Wu,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Yonggao Xia,
  • Danna Qian,
  • Haodong Liu,
  • Sunny Hy,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Ke An,
  • Yimei Zhu,
  • Zhaoping Liu,
  • Ying Shirley Meng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12108
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Oxygen activity can play a vital role in determining charge transport properties of materials. Here, the authors demonstrate a method to create oxygen vacancies on layered oxides via a gas-solid interface reaction, leading to materials with enhanced energy and power densities for Li-ion batteries.