Control of defect structure in microwave-synthesised complex nitridometallates (Li3-x-y-zMxM´yN) (M=Co, M´=Ni).

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Lithium transition metal nitrides Li3-xMxN (M=Co, Ni and Cu) have been reported previously as promising anodes for Li-ion batteries. The most promising compound in this family is Li2.6Co0.4N with a large capacity of 760mAh/g2. However, Li2.6Co0.4N does not show satisfactory capacity retention upon long cycles. Following our successful MW synthesis of a range of Li3-x-yMxN nitridometallates with the Li3N structure and in our pursuit of novel materials with improved cycleability and reduced toxicity and cost, we succeeded in the MW synthesis of new co-doped lithium nitrides. In this application we seek 2 days on POLARIS to fully characterise a full range of quaternary Co and Ni materials for the first time; relating defect structure and Li+ ion mobility to the MW synthesis conditions. Structure-property correlations can then be made with ex-situ electrochemical measurements.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24091078
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24091078
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Creator Professor Duncan Gregory; Dr Nuria Tapia; Dr Tuan Hoang
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-07-23T09:12:48Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-07-27T13:06:14Z