An oxalate cathode for lithium ion batteries with combined cationic and polyanionic redox

Polyoxyanion compounds are alternative cathodes to conventional oxides, but their reliance on the transition metal redox limits the performance. Here the authors report an oxalate system which possesses additional polyanionic redox reactivity, suggesting a new direction for cathode materials design.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wenjiao Yao, A. Robert Armstrong, Xiaolong Zhou, Moulay-Tahar Sougrati, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Sarayut Tunmee, Chenghua Sun, Suchinda Sattayaporn, Philip Lightfoot, Bifa Ji, Chunlei Jiang, Nanzhong Wu, Yongbing Tang, Hui-Ming Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11077-0