Highly Crystalline lithium transition metal oxides
US8343390B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/10
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A powderous lithium transition metal oxide having a layered crystal structure Li1+aM1−aO2±bM′kSm with −0.03<a<0.06, b≅0, 0≦m≦0.6, m being expressed in mol %, M being a transition metal compound, consisting of at least 95% of either one or more elements of the group Ni, Mn, Co and Ti; M′ being present on the surface of the powderous oxide, and consisting of either one or more elements of the group Ca, Sr, Y, La, Ce and Zr, wherein: either k=0 and M=Ni1−c−dMncCOd, with 0<c<1, and 0<d<1; or 0.015<k<0.15, k being expressed in wt % of said lithium transition metal oxide; characterized in that for said powderous oxide, the X-ray diffraction peak at 44.5±0.3 degree, having as index 104, measured with K alpha radiation, has a FWHM value of ≦0.1 degree. By optimizing the sintering temperature of the metal oxide the FWHM value can be minimized.
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