%0 Journal Article %A Liu, Haidong %A Zhang, Xiaofei %A He, Xin %A Senyshyn, Anatoliy %A Wilken, Andrea %A Zhou, Dong %A Fromm, Olga %A Niehoff, Philip %A Yan, Bo %A Li, Jinke %A Muehlbauer, Martin %A Wang, Jun %A Schumacher, Gerhard %A Paillard, Elie %A Winter, Martin %A Li, Jie %T Truncated Octahedral High-Voltage Spinel LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries: Positive Influences of Ni/Mn Disordering and Oxygen Vacancies %J Journal of the Electrochemical Society %V 165 %N 9 %@ 1945-7111 %C Pennington, NJ %I Electrochemical Soc. %M FZJ-2019-03299 %P A1886 - A1896 %D 2018 %X Micron-sized truncated octahedral LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 (LNMO) samples with different degrees of Ni/Mn disordering have been obtained by controlling the synthesis conditions, such as calcination atmosphere (O2 and air), cooling rate or additional annealing step. The influences of Ni/Mn disordering on the physical properties and electrochemical performance of the truncated octahedral LNMO samples have been systematically investigated. The analyses of thermogravimetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, powder neutron diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveal that the occurrence and degree of Ni/Mn disordering are closely related with the formation of oxygen vacancies and presence of Mn3+. Slow cooling rate and post-annealing can result in low degrees of Ni/Mn disordering and oxygen vacancies. Electrochemical measurements show that Ni/Mn disordering and oxygen vacancies have no obvious effect on the rate capability since all LNMO samples share a truncated octahedral morphology with the exposed {100} surfaces. However, they play significant roles in improving long-term cycling stability, especially at the elevated temperature of 60°C. This work suggests that the electrochemical performance of LNMO with optimized truncated morphology can be further enhanced through tuning the degrees of Ni/Mn disordering and oxygen vacancies. %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000440924800040 %R 10.1149/2.1241809jes %U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/863205