Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Reaction inhomogeneity coupling with metal rearrangement triggers electrochemical degradation in lithium-rich layered cathode

  • Liguang Wang,
  • Tongchao Liu,
  • Alvin Dai,
  • Vincent De Andrade,
  • Yang Ren,
  • Wenqian Xu,
  • Sungsik Lee,
  • Qinghua Zhang,
  • Lin Gu,
  • Shun Wang,
  • Tianpin Wu,
  • Huile Jin,
  • Jun Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25686-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Electrochemical degradation is the most critical challenge for Li-rich materials. Here, the authors reveal that manganese related phase reaction inhomogeneity coupling with transition metal rearrangement triggers electrochemical degradation in lithium-rich layered cathode.