Nature Communications (May 2019)

Coulombic self-ordering upon charging a large-capacity layered cathode material for rechargeable batteries

  • Benoit Mortemard de Boisse,
  • Marine Reynaud,
  • Jiangtao Ma,
  • Jun Kikkawa,
  • Shin-ichi Nishimura,
  • Montse Casas-Cabanas,
  • Claude Delmas,
  • Masashi Okubo,
  • Atsuo Yamada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09409-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Here the authors report the evolution of stacking faults in Na2RuO3 showing that there is progressive cation ordering upon charging and notably the stacking faults can disappear. This behavior is driven by cooperative Coulombic interactions and can contribute to stabilizing the phase transformations.