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Layered Li–Ni–Mn–Co oxide cathodes

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Almost 30 years since the inception of lithium-ion batteries, lithium–nickel–manganese–cobalt oxides are becoming the favoured cathode type in automobile batteries. Their success lies primarily with their superior energy density relative to lithium–cobalt oxide, lithium–manganese oxide and lithium–iron phosphate electrodes.

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    Michael M. Thackeray & Khalil Amine

  2. Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

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Thackeray, M.M., Amine, K. Layered Li–Ni–Mn–Co oxide cathodes. Nat Energy 6, 933 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00860-3

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