Tuning Molten-Salt-Mediated Calcination in Promoting Single-Crystal Synthesis of Ni-Rich LiNixMnyCozO2 Cathode Materials
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Abstract
High Ni-content LiNixMnyCozO2 (NMC) cathodes (with x ≥ 0.8, x + y + z = 1) have gained attention recently for their high energy density in electric vehicle (EV) Li-ion batteries. However, Ni-rich cathodes pose challenges in capacity retention due to inherent structural and surface redox instabilities. One promising strategy is to make the Ni-rich NMC material in the form of single-crystal micron-sized particles, as they resist intergranular and surface degradation during cycling. Among various methods to synthesize single-crystal NMC (SC-NMC) particles, molten-salt-assisted calcination offers distinct processing advantages but at present, is not yet optimized or mechanistically clarified to yield the desired control over crystal growth and morphology. In this project, molten-salt-mediated transformation of Ni0.85Mn0.05Co0.15(OH)2 precursor (P-NMC) particles to LiNi0.85Mn0.05Co0.15O2 particles is investigated in terms of the crystal growth mechanism and its electrochemical response. Unlike previous studies that involved large volumes of molten salt, using a smaller volume of molten KCl is found to result in larger primary particles with improved cycling performance achieved via partial reactive dissolution and heterogeneous nucleation growth, suggesting that the ratio of molten salt volume to NMC mass is an important parameter in the synthesis of single-crystal Ni-rich NMC materials.
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