Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO₂) Powder

Lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO₂), CAS number 12190-79-3, is a benchmark battery material that replaces lithium metal as cathode for greater stability and capacity. Sandwiched between two layers of oxygen atoms, the cobalt atoms are formally in the trivalent oxidation state (Co³⁺). Parallel layers of monovalent lithium cations (Li⁺) lie between extended anionic sheets of cobalt and oxygen atoms.

Lithium cobalt oxide dominates in computer, communication, and consumer electronics-based lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with the merits of easy procession, unprecedented volumetric and gravimetric energy density, and high operation potential. Lithium cobalt oxide possesses a high theoretical specific capacity (274 mAh/g) and high discharge voltage (~4.2 V vs Li⁺/Li). However, when half of the Li⁺ are removed roughly at 4.0 − 4.2 V, it causes an abrupt change in configurational entropy (ΔS) and leads to structural instability. Consequently, commercial LiCoO₂ exhibits a maximum capacity of only ~165 mAh/g.

High discharge voltage

(~4.2 V vs Li⁺/Li)

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Intrinsic low-cost

Stability & capacity

Greater stability and capacity

Technical Data

Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO₂) Powder

MSDS Documents

Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO₂) Powder MSDS Sheet

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Literatures

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• Reviving lithium cobalt oxide-based lithium secondary batteries-toward a higher energy density, L. Wang et al., Chem. Soc. Rev., 2018,47, 6505-6602 (2018); DOI: 10.1039/C8CS00322J.
  
• Approaching the capacity limit of lithium cobalt oxide in lithium ion batteries via lanthanum and aluminium doping, Q. Liu et al., Nat Energy, 3, 936–943 (2018); DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0180-6.
  
• Realizing High Voltage Lithium Cobalt Oxide in Lithium-Ion Batteries, X. Wang et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 58, 24, 10119–10139 (2019); DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01236.
  
• Progress and perspective of high-voltage lithium cobalt oxide in lithium-ion batteries, Q. Wu et al., J. Energy Chem., 74, 283-308 (2022); DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.07.007.
  
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• Hydrogel-based Additive Manufacturing of Lithium Cobalt Oxide, D. Yee et al., Adv. Mater. Technol., 6(2): 2000791 (2021); DOI: 10.1002/admt.202000791.
  
• A deep study of the protection of Lithium Cobalt Oxide with polymer surface modification at 4.5 V high voltage, Z. Yang et al., Sci. Rep., 8, 863 (2018); DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19176-6.
  
• Blow-Spinning Enabled Precise Doping and Coating for Improving High-Voltage Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode Performance, T. Tian et al., Nano Lett., 20, 1, 677–685 (2020); DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04486.
  
• Structural origin of the high-voltage instability of lithium cobalt oxide, J. Li et al., Nat. Nanotechnol., 16, 599–605 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00855-x.
  
• Dual-Function Regeneration of Waste Lithium Cobalt Oxide for Stable High Voltage Cycle Performance, Z. Fei et al., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 9 (33), 11194–11203 (2021); DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03266.