Abstract
One of the more promising cathode materials for high-energy high-voltage lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are Ni-rich layered cathode materials such as LiNixMnyCozO2 (where x + y + z = 1). Although these cathode materials are attractive from a high capacity standpoint, they commonly suffer from poor structural stability at highly delithiated (charged) states leading to poor electrochemical performance.1-3 To help aid these issues, surface coatings are becoming a widely adopted method to improve the cycling performance of high-voltage cathode materials. More widely investigated coating materials include oxide coatings (Al2O3, TiO2, etc.)4 while comparatively fewer studies have investigated organic monomer or polymer coatings (PEDOT, polyimide, etc.).5 In this work, the surface of LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 cathode materials were coated with organosilane reagents to investigate their effect on cell electrochemical performance. The impact of the weight percentage of organosilane used and the functionality of the organosilane used will be presented. Characterization of the organosilane coating using XRD, XPS and FTIR confirm the presence of a Si-containing coating. Cycling performance for half cells (Li/ LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2) using the organosilane coated cathodes will be shown. In conclusion, a new type of organic coating was utilized on Ni-rich cathode materials and this research explores a new type of coating for high voltage cathodes. 1) Son, I. H.; Park, J. H.; Kwon, S.; Mun, J. and Choi, J. W. Chem. Mat. 2015, 27, 7370-7379. 2) Bak, S.-M.; Hu, E.; Zhou, Y.; Yu, X.; Senanayake, S. D.; Cho, S.-J.; Kim, K.-B.; Chung, K. Y.; Yang, X.-Q. and Nam, K.-W. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 22594-22601. 3) Lin, F.; Markus, I. M.; Doeff, M. M.; Xin, H. L. Sci. Rep., 2014, 4, 5694. 4) Xu, S.; Jacobs, R. M.; Nguyen, H. M.; Hao, S.; Mahanthappa, M.; Wolverton, C.; Morgan, D. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 17248. 5) Zhang, J.; Lu, Q.; Fang, J.; Wang, J.; Yang, J. and NuLi, Y. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 17965-17973.
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