Consequences of Combinatorial Studies of Positive Electrodes for Li-ion Batteries

• Main Author: McCalla, Eric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Energy storage.; Chemoinformatics.; Electrochemistry.; Materials science.; Computer Applications in Chemistry.; Energy Storage.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Li-Co-Mn-Ni oxides have been of extreme interest as potential positive electrode materials for next generation Li-ion batteries.  Though many promising materials have been discovered and studied extensively, much debate remains in the literature about the structures of these materials.  There is no...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Experimental and Theoretical Considerations
• Optimization of the Synthesis of Combinatorial Samples
• Combinatorial Studies in the Li-Co-Mn-O System
• Combinatorial Studies of the Spinel and Rocksalt Re­gions in the Li-Mn-Ni-O System
• Combinatorial Studies of Compositions Containing Lay­ered Phases in the Li-Mn-Ni-O System
• Investigations of Bulk Li-Mn-Ni-O Samples to Confirm the Combinatorial Studies
• Layered Materials with Metal Site Vacancies
• Materials Near the Layered Boundary
• Conclusions and Future Works.