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Solid-state Graft Copolymer Electrolytes for Lithium Battery Applications
Published on: August 12, 2013
Electronic properties of lithium-ion battery cathodes studied in ion-gated transistor configuration
Federico Poli1, José Ramón Herrera2, Tian Lan2
1Dipartimento di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician", Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, 40132, Bologna, Italy.
Abstract:
Electronic and ionic transport governs lithium-ion battery (LIB) operation. The in operando study of electronic transport in lithium-ion transition metal oxide (LMOx) cathodes at different states of charge enables the evaluation of the state of health of LIBs and the optimization of their performance. We report on electronic transport in LIB cathode materials at different states of charge controlled in operando in ion-gated transistor (IGT) configuration. We considered LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 (NMC532)- and LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 (LNMO)-based composite materials formulated like in conventional LIB cathodes and operated in the organic electrolyte LP30 (1M LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate:dimethyl carbonate 1:1 v/v). NMC532- and LNMO-based cathode materials were used as the transistor channel materials and LP30 as the ion gating medium. Beyond its impact on the field of LIBs, our work advances the design of novel devices based on mixed ionic and electronic transport, including neuromorphic computing.
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