A materials perspective on direct recycling of lithium‐ion batteries: principles, challenges and opportunities

P Xu, DHS Tan, B Jiao, H Gao, X Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the dominant means of energy storage technology today, the widespread deployment of
lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) would inevitably generate countless spent batteries at their end …

Oxygen loss in layered oxide cathodes for Li-ion batteries: mechanisms, effects, and mitigation

H Zhang, H Liu, LFJ Piper, MS Whittingham… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Layered lithium transition metal oxides derived from LiMO2 (M= Co, Ni, Mn, etc.) have been
widely adopted as the cathodes of Li-ion batteries for portable electronics, electric vehicles …

Chemomechanics of rechargeable batteries: status, theories, and perspectives

LS de Vasconcelos, R Xu, Z Xu, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemomechanics is an old subject, yet its importance has been revived in rechargeable
batteries where the mechanical energy and damage associated with redox reactions can …

Li-rich cathodes for rechargeable Li-based batteries: reaction mechanisms and advanced characterization techniques

W Zuo, M Luo, X Liu, J Wu, H Liu, J Li… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to their high specific capacities beyond 250 mA hg− 1, lithium-rich oxides have been
considered as promising cathodes for the next generation power batteries, bridging the …

Surface reconstruction and chemical evolution of stoichiometric layered cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

F Lin, IM Markus, D Nordlund, TC Weng… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The present study sheds light on the long-standing challenges associated with high-voltage
operation of LiNixMnxCo1− 2xO2 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Using …

Strain engineering: a boosting strategy for photocatalysis

Y Miao, Y Zhao, S Zhang, R Shi, T Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Whilst the photocatalytic technique is considered to be one of the most significant routes to
address the energy crisis and global environmental challenges, the solar‐to‐chemical …

Oxygen vacancies and N‐do** in organic–inorganic pre‐intercalated vanadium oxide for high‐performance aqueous zinc‐ion batteries

F Zhang, M Du, Z Miao, H Li, W Dong, Y Sang… - InfoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pre‐intercalation of metal ions into vanadium oxide is an effective strategy for optimizing the
performance of rechargeable zinc‐ion battery (ZIB) cathodes. However, the battery long …

Coupling between oxygen redox and cation migration explains unusual electrochemistry in lithium-rich layered oxides

WE Gent, K Lim, Y Liang, Q Li, T Barnes, SJ Ahn… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lithium-rich layered transition metal oxide positive electrodes offer access to anion redox at
high potentials, thereby promising high energy densities for lithium-ion batteries. However …

Gas–solid interfacial modification of oxygen activity in layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries

B Qiu, M Zhang, L Wu, J Wang, Y **a, D Qian… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Lattice oxygen can play an intriguing role in electrochemical processes, not only maintaining
structural stability, but also influencing electron and ion transport properties in high-capacity …

Injection of oxygen vacancies in the bulk lattice of layered cathodes

P Yan, J Zheng, ZK Tang, A Devaraj, G Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Surfaces, interfaces and grain boundaries are classically known to be sinks of defects
generated within the bulk lattice. Here, we report an inverse case by which the defects …