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Nano Research 2023, 16(6): 8417-8424 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5334-y
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Crossover effects of transition metal ions in high-voltage lithium metal batteries

Show Author's Information Wanxia Li1,§,  Yulin Jie1,§,  Yunhua Chen2,  Ming Yang3,  Yawei Chen1,  Xinpeng Li1,  Youzhang Guo1,  Xianhui Meng2,  Ruiguo Cao1( ),  Shuhong Jiao1( )
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
NIO Incorporation, Shanghai 201800, China
Science and Technology on Power Sources Laboratory, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, Tianjin 300384, China

§ Wanxia Li and Yulin Jie contributed equally to this work.

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crossover effects, lithium-metal batteries, high-nickel layered cathodes, electrolyte systems dependence, transition metals dissolution
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Li W, Jie Y, Chen Y, et al. Crossover effects of transition metal ions in high-voltage lithium metal batteries. Nano Research, 2023, 16(6): 8417-8424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5334-y
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Enhancing the cut-off voltage of high-nickel layered oxide cathodes is an efficient way to obtain higher energy density of lithium-metal batteries (LMBs). However, the phase transition of the cathode materials and the uncontrolled decomposition of the electrolytes at high voltage can lead to irreversible dissolution of transition metal ions, which might cause the crossover effects on the lithium metal anodes. Nonetheless, the mechanism and electrolyte dependence of the crossover effects for Li metal anodes are still unclear. Herein, we investigate the crossover effects between LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 and Li-metal anode in two electrolyte systems. For ether-based electrolyte, its poor oxidation stability results in massive dissolution of transition metal ions, leading to dendrite growth on anode and rapid cells failure. Conversely, ester-based electrolyte exhibits good electrochemical performances at 4.5 V with little crossover effect. This study provides an idea for electrolyte systems selection for high-voltage LMBs, and verifies that the crossover effect should not be neglected in LMBs.


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Crossover effects of transition metal ions in high-voltage lithium metal batteries

Show Author's information Wanxia Li1,§, Yulin Jie1,§, Yunhua Chen2, Ming Yang3, Yawei Chen1, Xinpeng Li1, Youzhang Guo1, Xianhui Meng2, Ruiguo Cao1( ), Shuhong Jiao1( )
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
NIO Incorporation, Shanghai 201800, China
Science and Technology on Power Sources Laboratory, Tianjin Institute of Power Sources, Tianjin 300384, China

§ Wanxia Li and Yulin Jie contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Enhancing the cut-off voltage of high-nickel layered oxide cathodes is an efficient way to obtain higher energy density of lithium-metal batteries (LMBs). However, the phase transition of the cathode materials and the uncontrolled decomposition of the electrolytes at high voltage can lead to irreversible dissolution of transition metal ions, which might cause the crossover effects on the lithium metal anodes. Nonetheless, the mechanism and electrolyte dependence of the crossover effects for Li metal anodes are still unclear. Herein, we investigate the crossover effects between LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 and Li-metal anode in two electrolyte systems. For ether-based electrolyte, its poor oxidation stability results in massive dissolution of transition metal ions, leading to dendrite growth on anode and rapid cells failure. Conversely, ester-based electrolyte exhibits good electrochemical performances at 4.5 V with little crossover effect. This study provides an idea for electrolyte systems selection for high-voltage LMBs, and verifies that the crossover effect should not be neglected in LMBs.

Keywords: crossover effects, lithium-metal batteries, high-nickel layered cathodes, electrolyte systems dependence, transition metals dissolution

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Received: 31 August 2022
Revised: 06 November 2022
Accepted: 16 November 2022
Published: 13 December 2022
Issue date: June 2023

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51902304, 52072358, U21A2082, 22279127, and 52225105). This work was supported by NIO Research Program (NRP). The authors would like to thank Neware (China) for supporting battery testing.

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