Synthesis of Micron-Sized LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 and Its Application in Bimodal Distributed High Energy Density Li-Ion Battery Cathodes

Chia-Hsin Lin, Senthil-Kumar Parthasarathi (), Satish Bolloju, Mozaffar Abdollahifar, Yu-Ting Weng and Nae-Lih Wu ()
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Chia-Hsin Lin: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Senthil-Kumar Parthasarathi: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Satish Bolloju: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Mozaffar Abdollahifar: Institute for Particle Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
Yu-Ting Weng: Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Nae-Lih Wu: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The uniform and smaller-sized (~3 μm) LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 (SNCM) particles are prepared via a fast nucleation process of oxalate co-precipitation, followed by a two-step calcination procedure. It is found that the fast nucleation by vigorous agitation enables us to produce oxalate nuclei having a uniform size which then grow into micron-particles in less than a few minutes. The impacts of solution pH, precipitation time, calcination temperature, and surface modification with ZrO 2 on the structural, morphological, and electrochemical properties of SNCM are systematically examined to identify the optimal synthetic conditions. A novel bimodal cathode design has been highlighted by using the combination of the SNCM particles and the conventional large (~10 μm) LiNi 0.83 Co 0.12 Mn 0.05 O 2 (LNCM) particles to achieve the high volumetric energy density of cathode. The volumetric discharge capacity is found to be 526.6 mAh/cm 3 for the bimodal cathode L80% + S20%, whereas the volumetric discharge capacity is found to be only 480.3 and 360.6 mAh/cm 3 for L100% and S100% unimodal, respectively. Moreover, the optimal bi-modal cathode delivered higher specific energy (622.4 Wh/kg) and volumetric energy density (1622.6 Wh/L) than the L100% unimodal (596.1 Wh/kg and 1402.1 Wh/L) cathode after the 100th cycle. This study points to the promising utility of the SNCM material in Li-ion battery applications.

Keywords: oxalate co-precipitation; smaller-sized NCM; ZrO 2 -modification; bimodal particle size distribution; volumetric energy density (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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