Abstract
Enhanced thermal decomposition of carbonates is developed to improve the traditional solid state reaction for the synthesis of ultrafine LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 powders. Controllable activation is obtained by optimizing the mechano-chemical treatment time, which is found to affect lattice structure, morphology and electrochemical properties of the as-synthesized ultrafine LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 powders. The optimal mechano-chemical activation time of 10 h results in more stable and integrated structured ultrafine LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 powders with average diameter of 200–500 nm, leading to a high reversible capacity of 114.3 and 140.9 mAh g−1 at 6 C (1620 mA g−1) in the voltage range of 2.5–4.3 and 2.5–4.5 V, respectively. Moreover, the particles exhibit capacity retentions of 80.8% (2.5–4.3 V) and 83.3% (2.5–4.5 V) at 270 mA g−1 after 200 cycles. Importantly, it is revealed that ball-milling has a positive impact on the calcination process, and the decomposition efficiency is about 35.7% higher compared to ball-milling-free process.
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The LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 powders prepared by enhancing thermal decomposition show a remarkable high temperature electrochemical property. For optimum performance, the time of mechano-chemical activation should be neither too long nor too short. In addition, the calcination process is further studied in order to understand the transformation regularities of the electrode materials.
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This work was supported by the joint fund project of National Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (U1202272).
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Xu, F., Yan, H., Chen, J. et al. Ultrafine LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 powders via an enhanced thermal decomposition solid state reaction. J Appl Electrochem 49, 647–656 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-019-01313-2
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