Understanding the Stabilizing Effects of Nanoscale Metal Oxide and Li-Metal Oxide Coatings on Lithium-Ion Battery Positive Electrode Materials

Funding Information: This work made use of the Aalto University Otanano and RAMI infrastructures. The authors also thank Dr. Hannu Revitzer for performing AAS measurements. Financial support from Business Finland BATCircle (Energy) (no. 2117574) is also greatly acknowledged. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.Nickel-rich layered oxides, such as LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 (NMC622), are high-capacity electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. However, this material faces issues, such as poor durability at high cut-off voltages (>4.4 V vs Li/Li+), which mainly originate from an unstable electrode-electrolyte interface. To reduce the side reactions at the interfacial zone and increase the structural stability of the NMC622 materials, nanoscale (