Recent progress in the cobalt-nickel-manganese ternary cathode materials with various proportions of nickel to cobalt and manganese

doi:10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2016.01.022

Abstract

Abstract: Recently, nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary materials based Li-ion batteries(LIB) have achieved great success in electronic equipment, such as cellphone, computer, digital cameras and so on. Meanwhile, relevant researches and developments also attracted much attention. Nickel-cobaltmanganese ternary material is the most important category of ternary materials, and several products produced from this material have been successfully applied in lithium ion batteries already. This paper reviews the latest research progress of nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary materials, mainly focusing on the synthesis methods, structure, performance, and doping and coating modification of the materials with various compositions, such as 333, 523, 811, 622, and 424 so on. Further, the applications as well as problems of this material have been discussed. The future development trends of this material have also been predicted in this paper.

Key words: lithium ion batteries, ternary materials, nickel cobalt manganese, synthesis methods, structure, modification

摘要： 镍钴锰三元材料近年来在移动电话、笔记本、数码相机等电子设备电池的应用方面取得了巨大的成功,相关研究及开发也得到了学术界的空前关注。镍钴锰三元材料为三元材料中最为重要的一类材料,目前已有多种这类三元材料成功地应用于锂离子电池。本文将介绍近年来镍钴锰三元材料的一些最新研究进展,主要介绍几种典型的具有不同镍钴锰比例的几类三元材料(333,523,811,622,424)的制备技术、结构研究、性能研究、掺杂及包覆改性等方面的研究进展,并对这些材料的应用前景及存在的问题做了简介。并在此基础上,对镍钴锰三元材料的未来发展趋势作了展望。

关键词: 锂离子电池, 三元材料, 镍钴锰, 制备技术, 结构, 改性

CLC Number:

TM912.9

CHEN Peng, XIAO Guan, LIAO Shijun. Recent progress in the cobalt-nickel-manganese ternary cathode materials with various proportions of nickel to cobalt and manganese[J]. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progree, 2016, 35(01): 166-174.

陈鹏, 肖冠, 廖世军. 具有不同组成的镍钴锰三元材料的最新研究进展[J]. 化工进展, 2016, 35(01): 166-174.

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