Abstract:
In this experiment, the cobalt-free lithium-rich manganese precursor Ni
0.3Mn
0.7(OH)
2 was successfully synthesized by small-scale co-precipitation and solid-phase reaction, and the precursor was mechanically crushed with or without the precursor to obtain two different particle sizes of Ni
0.3Mn
0.7(OH)
2 (
D50=1.626 µm and 0.710 µm) precursors. The precursors with different particle sizes were mixed with LiOH in a molar ratio of 1:1.55 and sintered at high temperature to synthesize two Li Mn-rich cathode materials with different particle sizes, Li
1.2Ni
0.24Mn
0.56O
2 (
D50=1.667 µm and 1.148 µm). The experimental results show that the particle size also affects its physicochemical properties and electrochemical performance. Li
1.2Ni
0.24Mn
0.56O
2 (
D50=1.148 µm) cathode material with smaller particle size shows excellent electrochemical performance (capacity of 190.7 mAh/g after 100 cycles at 0.5 C and cycle retention rate of 91.2%). Our study reveals an easy way to change the particle size and demonstrates the importance of particle size for electrochemistry.