TY - JOUR AU - Liu, Haidong AU - Zhang, Xiaofei AU - He, Xin AU - Senyshyn, Anatoliy AU - Wilken, Andrea AU - Zhou, Dong AU - Fromm, Olga AU - Niehoff, Philip AU - Yan, Bo AU - Li, Jinke AU - Muehlbauer, Martin AU - Wang, Jun AU - Schumacher, Gerhard AU - Paillard, Elie AU - Winter, Martin AU - Li, Jie TI - 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 JO - Journal of the Electrochemical Society VL - 165 IS - 9 SN - 1945-7111 CY - Pennington, NJ PB - Electrochemical Soc. M1 - FZJ-2019-03299 SP - A1886 - A1896 PY - 2018 AB - 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. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000440924800040 DO - DOI:10.1149/2.1241809jes UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/863205 ER -