2018-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS2018
Volume 6. New and Advanced Materials and Technologies
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, F. Marquis, P. Chen, T. Prikhna, N. Chikhradze |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Pages: | 392 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-92-8 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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The Impact of Cathode Electronic Structure on the Parameters of Lithium and Sodium Batteries
Janina Molenda1;1AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KRAKóW, Kraków, Poland;
Type of Paper: Invited
Id Paper: 22
Topic: 43
Abstract:
The author of this work, based on her own investigations of A<sub>x</sub>MO<sub>2</sub> cathode materials (A=Li, Na; M=3d), has demonstrated that the electronic structure of these materials plays an important role in the electrochemical intercalation process. The proposed electronic model of intercalation [1-3] is universal and has outstanding significance with regard to tailoring the properties of electrode materials to the most efficient application in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries.
The paper reveals correlation between electronic structure, transport, and electrochemical properties of layered Li<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub>, Na<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub> and Li<sub>x</sub>Ni<sub>1-y-z</sub>Co<sub>y</sub>Mn<sub>z</sub>O<sub>2</sub> cathode material and explains of apparently different character of the discharge/charge curve in Li<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub> (monotonous curve) and Na<sub>x</sub>CoO<sub>2</sub> systems (step-like curve). Comprehensive experimental studies of physicochemical properties of Li<sub>x</sub>Ni<sub>1-y-z</sub>Co<sub>y</sub>Mn<sub>z</sub>O<sub>2</sub> cathode material (XRD, electrical conductivity, thermoelectric power) are supported by electronic structure calculations performed using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method with the coherent potential approximation (KKR-CPA) to account for chemical disorder. It is found that even small O defects (~1%) may significantly modify DOS characteristics via formation of extra broad peaks inside the former gap leading to its substantial reduction. Furthermore, the variations of the electromotive force of the Li/Li<sup>+</sup>/Li<sub>x</sub>Ni<sub>1-y-z</sub>Co<sub>y</sub>Mn<sub>z</sub>O<sub>2</sub> cell (for 0 < x < 1) remains in quite good agreement with the relative variation of EF on DOS calculated from the KKR-CPA method.
Keywords:
New and advanced materials; Renewable energy; storage and use;References:
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[3] J.Molenda, A.Milewska, W. Zajac, M.Rybski, J. Tobola, Phys. Chem. Phys. Chem. 19, (2017)25697