Comparison of Single Crystal and Polycrystalline LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 Positive Electrode Materials for High Voltage Li-Ion Cells

By Jing Li, Andrew R. Cameron, Hongyang Li, S. Glazier, Deijun Xiong, M. Chatzidakis, Joseph P. Allen, G. Botton, J. Dahn. 2017

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Single-crystal LiNi 0.5 Mn 0.3 Co 0.2 O 2 (NMC532) with a grain size of 2–3 μ m was compared to conventional polycrystalline un-coated NMC532 and polycrystalline Al 2 O 3 -coated materials in this work. Studies were made to determine how single crystal NMC532 material with large grain size could be synthesized. Ultra high precision coulometry (UHPC), in-situ gas measurements and isothermal microcalorimetry were used to make comparative studies of the three materials in Li-ion pouch cells. All the diagnostic measurements suggested that the single crystal material should yield Li-ion cells with longer lifetime. Long-term cycling tests veriﬁed these predictions and showed that cells with single crystal NMC532 exhibited much better capacity retention than cells with the polycrystalline materials at both 40 ◦ C and 55 ◦ C when tested to an upper cutoff potential of 4.4 V. The reasons for the superior performance of the single crystal cells were explored using thermogravimetric analysis/mass spectrometry experiments on the charged electrode materials. The single crystal materials were extremely resistant to oxygen loss below 100 ◦ C compared to the polycrystalline materials. The major drawback of the single crystal material is its slightly lower speciﬁc

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A Review on the Thermal Hazards of the Lithium-Ion Battery and the Corresponding Countermeasures (2019, background): “On the basis of traditional polycrystalline NMC materials, new single-crystal NMC materials have been developed, which are expected to improve battery stability at elevated temperatures [87].”
Review—"Knees" in Lithium-Ion Battery Aging Trajectories (2022, unknown): “6,109 Additive chemistry is complex; for instance, Burns et al. 110 showed how electrolyte performance often improves with the number of additives used.”