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Ultra-high nickel cobalt-free layered cathode material NM90 for power batteries modified collaboratively by La2O3 coating and La3+ doping

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Due to the urgency of developing high energy density cathode materials in power batteries, as well as the high price and environmental unfriendliness of cobalt, researchers are working on ultra-high nickel low cobalt and ultra-high nickel cobalt-free layered cathode materials. However, the poor cyclic stability and rate performance of this material resulted from structural instability and severe surface/interface side reactions during cycling seriously hinder its practical application. In this paper, LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 (NM90) cathode material is modified by La2O3 coating, and La3+ doping caused by thermal diffusion is achieved simultaneously. The synergistic enhancement of the two modifications can effectively improve the layered structure and reduce surface/interface side reactions. The dual-modified material shows good structural stability, the La2O3 coating does not fall off and the active material does not appear fragmentation and collapse after 100 cycles. At the same time, the dual-modified material also shows excellent electrochemical performance, with a capacity retention of 83.19% after 100 cycles at 1 C and a reversible capacity of 129.9 mAh g−1 at 10 C. The electrochemical mechanism reveals that the dual-modified material effectively reduces the charge transfer resistance and greatly increases the Li+ diffusion coefficient. It will provide useful reference and technical support for the research of other electrode materials.

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The NM90 and La2O3-coated NM90 particles have similar spherical morphology and are formed by the agglomeration of many primary particles; the surface of NM90 material is evenly coated by La2O3 and No obvious boundary between La2O3 and NM90 materials is found; LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 cathode material coated by 1wt% La2O3 has the best cycle stability.

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This work was financially supported the National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22169007), the Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi (Grant No. AA19046001), the Open Research Fund of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical and Magnetochemical Functional Materials (Grant No. EMFM20201105, EMFM20181119), and the Characteristic Innovation Projects of Universities in Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2022KTSCX324).

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• LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 and La2O3-coated LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 cathode materials are successfully prepared by high temperature solid phase sintering.

• La2O3-coated LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 cathode material has excellent magnification performance and cycle stability.

• It provides an effective surface modification method to obtain Ni-rich cobalt-free layered cathode materials with high rate and cycle performance.

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Peng, J., Wei, Y., Hu, B. et al. Ultra-high nickel cobalt-free layered cathode material NM90 for power batteries modified collaboratively by La2O3 coating and La3+ doping. Ionics 29, 2549–2561 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-05010-1

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