Intragranular cracking as a critical barrier for high-voltage usage of layer-structured cathode for lithium-ion batteries

Cycling-induced fracture can limit conditions for stable operation for various lithium-ion electrode materials. Here, the authors characterize fracture in nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide microscopically and provide evidence for dislocation-assisted, intragranular fracture operating above a critical vo...

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Main Authors: Pengfei Yan, Jianming Zheng, Meng Gu, Jie Xiao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Chong-Min Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14101