Local electronic structure of layered LixNi0.5Mn 0.5O2 and LixNi1/3Mn 1/3Co1/3O2

Shu Miao, Michael Kocher, Peter Rez, Brent Fultz, Yasunori Ozawa, Rachid Yazami, Channing C. Ahn

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Abstract

Samples of LixNi0.5Mn0.5O2 and LixNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 were prepared as active materials in electrochemical half-cells and were cycled electrochemically to obtain different values of Li concentration, x. Absorption edges of Ni, Mn, Co, and O in these materials of differing x were measured by electron energy loss spectrometry (EELS) in a transmission electron microscope to determine the changes in local electronic structure caused by delithiation. The work was supported by electronic structure calculations with the VASP pseudopotential package, the full-potential linear augmented plane wave code WIEN2K, and atomic multiplet calculations that took account of the electronic effects from local octahedral symmetry. A valence change from Ni2+ to Ni4+ with delithiation would have caused a 3 eV shift in energy of the intense white line at the Ni L3 edge, but the measured shift was less than 1.2 eV, The intensities of the "white lines" at the Ni L-edges did not change enough to account for a substantial change of Ni valence. No changes were detectable at the Mn and Co L-edges after delithiation either. Both EELS and the computational efforts showed that most of the charge compensation for Li+ takes place at hybridized O 2p states, not at Ni atoms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)23473-23479
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume109
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Materials Chemistry

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