Nature of the Oxygen-Loss-Induced Rocksalt Layer and Its Impact on Capacity Fade in Ni-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes

Nickil A. Shah; Galo J. Páez Fajardo; Hrishit Banerjee; Gaurav C. Pandey; Ashok S. Menon; Muhammad Ans; Veronika Majherova; Gerard Bree; Satish Bolloju; David C. Grinter; Pilar Ferrer; Pardeep K. Thakur; Tien-Lin Lee; Melanie J. Loveridge; Andrew J. Morris; Clare P. Grey; Louis F. J. Piper

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00324

Nature of the Oxygen-Loss-Induced Rocksalt Layer and Its Impact on Capacity Fade in Ni-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes

Nickil A. Shah, Galo J. Páez Fajardo (Lead / Corresponding author), Hrishit Banerjee, Gaurav C. Pandey, Ashok S. Menon, Muhammad Ans, Veronika Majherova, Gerard Bree, Satish Bolloju, David C. Grinter, Pilar Ferrer, Pardeep K. Thakur, Tien-Lin Lee, Melanie J. Loveridge, Andrew J. Morris, Clare P. Grey, Louis F. J. Piper (Lead / Corresponding author)

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In Ni-rich layered oxide cathodes, cycling above the oxygen-loss threshold voltage (∼4.3 V vs Li+/Li) promotes structural transformations at the cathode surface. These transformations can result in various thermodynamically favorable rocksalt-like (RSL) structures (NiO, NiOx, and/or LiyNizO) that have different Li+ transport properties. Elucidating the precise phase type in the RSL can help determine design strategies to improve Li+ kinetics and identify design rules to suppress capacity fade in Ni-rich cathodes. This study utilizes surface-sensitive X-ray absorption spectroscopy in combination with first-principles simulations and distinguishes the layered oxide spectroscopic features from those of surface-reduced layers of pure NiO and LixNi1–xO. The transport of lithium ions through this oxygen-loss-induced surface-reconstructed layer is studied with operando X-ray diffraction in a pouch cell as a function of cycling aging and constant voltage protocols.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1313-1320
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Energy Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00324
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2025

Keywords

Electrochemical cells
Electrodes
Layers
Oxides
Surface chemistry

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Shah, N. A., Fajardo, G. J. P., Banerjee, H., Pandey, G. C., Menon, A. S., Ans, M., Majherova, V., Bree, G., Bolloju, S., Grinter, D. C., Ferrer, P., Thakur, P. K., Lee, T.-L., Loveridge, M. J., Morris, A. J., Grey, C. P., & Piper, L. F. J. (2025). Nature of the Oxygen-Loss-Induced Rocksalt Layer and Its Impact on Capacity Fade in Ni-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes. ACS Energy Letters, 10(3), 1313-1320. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c00324

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Nature of the Oxygen-Loss-Induced Rocksalt Layer and Its Impact on Capacity Fade in Ni-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes

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