Promises and challenges of next-generation “beyond Li-ion” batteries for electric vehicles and grid decarbonization

Y Tian, G Zeng, A Rutt, T Shi, H Kim, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The tremendous improvement in performance and cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have
made them the technology of choice for electrical energy storage. While established battery …

Manipulating disorder within cathodes of alkali-ion batteries

S Kang, S Lee, H Lee, YM Kang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
The fact that ordered materials are rarely perfectly crystalline is widely acknowledged
among materials scientists, but its impact is often overlooked or underestimated when …

Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries

Z Lun, B Ouyang, DH Kwon, Y Ha, EE Foley… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract High-entropy (HE) ceramics, by analogy with HE metallic alloys, are an emerging
class of solid solutions composed of a large number of species. These materials offer the …

Inhibiting collective cation migration in Li-rich cathode materials as a strategy to mitigate voltage hysteresis

J Huang, B Ouyang, Y Zhang, L Yin, DH Kwon, Z Cai… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Lithium-rich cathodes are promising energy storage materials due to their high energy
densities. However, voltage hysteresis, which is generally associated with transition metal …

Building better full manganese-based cathode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries

J Song, H Wang, Y Zuo, K Zhang, T Yang… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
Lithium-manganese-oxides have been exploited as promising cathode materials for many
years due to their environmental friendliness, resource abundance and low biotoxicity …

Operando characterization and regulation of metal dissolution and redeposition dynamics near battery electrode surface

Y Zhang, A Hu, D **a, S Hwang, S Sainio… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mn dissolution has been a long-standing, ubiquitous issue that negatively impacts the
performance of Mn-based battery materials. Mn dissolution involves complex chemical and …

Redox Chemistry and the Role of Trapped Molecular O2 in Li-Rich Disordered Rocksalt Oxyfluoride Cathodes

R Sharpe, RA House, MJ Clarke… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the search for high energy density cathodes for next-generation lithium-ion batteries, the
disordered rocksalt oxyfluorides are receiving significant attention due to their high capacity …

Transition metal migration and O2 formation underpin voltage hysteresis in oxygen-redox disordered rocksalt cathodes

K McColl, RA House, GJ Rees, AG Squires… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Lithium-rich disordered rocksalt cathodes display high capacities arising from redox
chemistry on both transition-metal ions (TM-redox) and oxygen ions (O-redox), making them …

Integrated rocksalt–polyanion cathodes with excess lithium and stabilized cycling

Y Huang, Y Dong, Y Yang, T Liu, M Yoon, S Li, B Wang… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Co-and Ni-free disordered rocksalt cathodes utilize oxygen redox to increase the energy
density of lithium-ion batteries, but it is challenging to achieve good cycle life at high …

Toward high-energy Mn-based disordered-rocksalt Li-ion cathodes

H Li, R Fong, M Woo, H Ahmed, DH Seo, R Malik… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The recent development of high-capacity disordered-rocksalt (DRX) cathodes has ushered
in new opportunities toward low-cost and high-energy Li-ion batteries. In particular, Mn …