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Research progress of alumina coated cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Received date: 2022-03-04
Online published: 2023-01-17
The performance of lithium-ion battery cathode materials is the development bottleneck of lithium battery technology.Recently，alumina（Al2O3） coated cathode materials have been widely studied in order to improve the cycle life，thermal stability and multiplier properties of lithium-ion batteries.The Al2O3 coatings were divided into three different forms of namely rough，ultra-thin and thick coatings.The role of Al2O3 surface coatings in improving cathode material performance was briefly discussed，such as HF scavenger，physical protective barrier，increasing lithium ion diffusion rate，improving thermal stability of cathode material，reacting with LiPF6 to form electrolyte additive LiPO2F2 and inhibiting Jahn-Teller effect，etc.The surface modification methods were introduced，including impregnation method，precipitation method，dry coating process，sputtering method and atomic layer deposition method，etc.and its influence on the cathode materials of lithium cobaltite（LiCoO2），lithium manganite（LiMn2O4），lithium iron phosphate（LiFePO4） and ternary material（Li-Ni-Co-Mn-O）.At last，the development trend of Al2O3 surface coating and atomic layer deposition technology was prospected.
Key words： alumina; surface coating; cathode material; lithium-ion battery
Qianjin XU , Jingang XU , Peng TIAN , Kunji LIU , Tingting GAO , Guiling NING . Research progress of alumina coated cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2023 , 55(1) : 46 -55 . DOI: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0098
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