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Developments in Nanostructured Cathode Materials for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries†

  1. Ying Wang1,2,‡,
  2. Guozhong Cao1,*

Article first published online: 26 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200702242

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 12, pages 2251–2269, June 18, 2008

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Wang, Y. and Cao, G. (2008), Developments in Nanostructured Cathode Materials for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials, 20: 2251–2269. doi: 10.1002/adma.200702242

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  1. 1

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 (USA)

  2. 2

    Current address: Materials Research Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

  1. ‡

    Current address: Materials Research Institute and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

*Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 (USA).

  1. †

    This work has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation (DMI-0455994) and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR-MURI, FA9550-06-1-032). This work has also been supported by the Center for Nanotechnology at UW, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), the Joint Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JIN, UW, and PNNL), Washington Technology Center (WTC), and JFE Steel Corporation, Japan. Y.W. would like to acknowledge Ford, Nanotechnology, and JIN graduate fellowships. A portion of the research (TEM study) described in this paper was performed in the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national scientific user facility sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at PNNL.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 26 MAY 2008
  3. Manuscript Received: 5 SEP 2007

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation. Grant Number: (DMI-0455994)
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR-MURI. Grant Number: FA9550-06-1-032)

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Keywords:

  • Lithium-ion batteries;
  • Electrodes;
  • Nanostructures;
  • Composites

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This Review describes some recent developments in the synthesis and characterizations of nanostructured cathode materials for Li-ion rechargeable batteries with high energy density, high rate capability and excellent cycling stability. The nanostructured cathode materials provide high surface area, short distance for mass and charge transport, and freedom for volume change.

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Nanostructured materials lie at the heart of fundamental advances in efficient energy storage and/or conversion, in which surface processes and transport kinetics play determining roles. This Review describes some recent developments in the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured cathode materials, including lithium transition metal oxides, vanadium oxides, manganese oxides, lithium phosphates, and various nanostructured composites. The major goal of this Review is to highlight some new progress in using these nanostructured materials as cathodes to develop lithium batteries with high energy density, high rate capability, and excellent cycling stability resulting from their huge surface area, short distance for mass and charge transport, and freedom for volume change in nanostructured materials.

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