Blended Positive Electrodes for Li‐Ion Batteries: From Empiricism to Rational Design

Physical mixtures (i. e. blends) of two or more active materials are often used in commercial batteries to achieve better performance than what can be attained with a single component. This approach has been empirically driven and found to result in relevant synergistic improvements that are unfortu...

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Autores: Casas Cabanas, Montse, Ponrouch, Alexandre, Palacín, M. Rosa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/238252
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/238252
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lithium-ion batteries
Blended electrodes
NMC
LMO
NCA
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Sumario:Physical mixtures (i. e. blends) of two or more active materials are often used in commercial batteries to achieve better performance than what can be attained with a single component. This approach has been empirically driven and found to result in relevant synergistic improvements that are unfortunately poorly understood at a fundamental level. Indeed, internal redox processes (which induce structural changes in the components) can take place in blended electrodes that are severely influenced by electrode kinetics. These are in turn affected by temperature and also electrode formulation. Despite difficulties ahead, efforts to understand such issues are needed to pave the way for a rational electrode design enabling optimized performance which ideally could be tuned to match specific application requirements.