| 초록 |
Nickel-rich layered cathode materials are predominantly used for lithium-ion batteries intended for electric vehicles owing to their high specific capacities and minimal use of high-cost cobalt. The intrinsic drawbacks of nickel-rich layered cathode materials with regard to cycle life and safety have largely been addressed by doping with foreign atoms and by applying surface coating. Here, we report that a highly elastic binder, namely spandex, can overcome the problems of nickel-rich layered cathode materials and improve their electrochemical properties drastically. The high elasticity of spandex allows it to uniformly coat LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 particles via shear force during slurry mixing to protect the particles from undesired interfacial reactions during cycling. The uniform coating of spandex, together with its hydrogen bonding interaction with LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2, leads to enhanced particle-to-particle interaction, which has multiple advantages, such as high loading capability, superior rate and cycling performance, and low binder content. |
