Issue 27, 2011

What can we learn about battery materials from their magnetic properties?

Abstract

Electrode materials for Li-ion batteries should combine electronic and ionic conductivity, structural integrity, and safe operation over thousands of lithium insertion and removal cycles. The quest for higher energy density calls for better understanding of the redox processes, charge and mass transfer occurring upon battery operation. A number of techniques have been used to characterize long-range and local structure, electronic and ionic transport in bulk of active materials and at interfaces, with an ongoing move toward in situ techniques determining the changes as they happen. This paper reviews several representative examples of using magnetic properties toward understanding of Li-ion battery materials with a notion to highlight the intimate connection between the magnetism, electronic and atomic structure of solids, and to demonstrate how this connection has been used to reveal the fine electronic and atomic details related to the electrochemical performance of the battery materials.

Graphical abstract: What can we learn about battery materials from their magnetic properties?

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
04 Jan 2011
Accepted
14 Mar 2011
First published
07 Apr 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 9865-9875

What can we learn about battery materials from their magnetic properties?

N. A. Chernova, G. M. Nolis, F. O. Omenya, H. Zhou, Z. Li and M. S. Whittingham, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 9865 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM00024A

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