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Development of a Rock-Salt Structure for High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries

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The lithium-ion battery has been extensively used as one of the most powerful energy storage devices, and its market is increasing by 10% annually. Among promising candidates for the high-performance cathode of the lithium-ion battery, disordered rock-salt structured cathode materials have attracted great attention due to their extended capacities and cost effectiveness over traditional cathode materials with the layered structure through the design of more accessible lithium-ion sites and low-cost transition metals. However, they have not yet been utilized owing to their low electronic/ionic conductivities and poor cycle life. To overcome the major hurdle for improving the electrochemical performance of the disordered rock-salt materials, we synthesize cation- and anion-doped disordered Li3NbO4 with rock-salt structures, Li1.3Nb0.43Ni0.27O2 and Li1.3Nb0.43Ni0.27O1.97F0.05, respectively, and decreased their particle sizes to reduce the Li-ion transport path. Enhanced electrochemical performances of the doped-disordered-rock-salt materials and their underlying mechanism have been addressed by cross-confirmation using various analysis techniques.

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This study was funded by Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of Korea and supported by the Materials/ Parts Technology Development Program of the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (20011287). This study was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government(MSIT) (NRF-2022R1C1C1011456 and 2022R1F1A1074874).

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    Soonhyun Hong, Heesang Lee & Chunjoong Kim

  2. Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea

    Young-Sang Yu

  3. Energy Storage Research Center, Clean Energy Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Jungjin Park

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Hong, S., Lee, H., Yu, YS. et al. Development of a Rock-Salt Structure for High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries. Electron. Mater. Lett. 19, 359–366 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-022-00397-x

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