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In Situ X-ray Absorption Study of a Layered Manganese-chromium Oxide-based Cathode Material

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society
OSTI ID:1019789
We have investigated the electronic and atomic structure of a manganese-chromium-based layered oxide material Li[Li{sub 0.2}Cr{sub 0.4}Mn{sub 0.4}]O{sub 2} during electrochemical cycling using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Our results indicate that charge compensation in the cathode material is achieved by the oxidation/reduction of octahedral Cr(III) ions to tetrahedral Cr(VI) ions during delithiation/lithiation. Manganese ions are present predominantly in the Mn(IV) oxidation state and do not appear to actively participate in the charge compensation process. To accommodate the large changes in coordination symmetry of the Cr(III) and Cr(VI) ions, the chromium ions have to move between the regular octahedral sites in the R{bar 3}m-like lattice to interstitial tetrahedral sites during the charge/discharge process. The highly reversible (at least after the first charge) three-electron oxidation/reductions and the easy mobility of the chromium between octahedral and tetrahedral sites are very unusual and interesting. Equally interesting is the fact that chromium is the active metal undergoing oxidation/reduction rather than manganese. Our results also suggest that in the local scale manganese and chromium ions are not evenly distributed in the as-prepared material, but are present in separate domains of Mn and Cr-rich regions.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - OFFICE OF SCIENCE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1019789
Report Number(s):
BNL--95635-2011-JA
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 149; ISSN JESOAN; ISSN 0013-4651
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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