{"id":173531,"date":"2023-10-05T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/unusual-findings-overturn-current-battery-wisdom"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:10:27","slug":"unusual-findings-overturn-current-battery-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/unusual-findings-overturn-current-battery-wisdom","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUnusual\u201d Findings Overturn Current Battery Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/unusual-findings-overturn-current-battery-wisdom2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with Ni-rich cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<p>While these materials can reach high voltages and capacities, their real-world usage has been limited by structural issues and oxygen depletion.<\/p>\n<p>Their study revealed that \u2018oxygen hole\u2019 formation \u2013 where an oxygen ion loses an electron \u2014 plays a crucial role in the degradation of LiNiO<sub>2<\/sub> cathodes accelerating the release of oxygen which can then further degrade the cathode material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding and overcoming the challenges associated with Ni-rich cathode materials used in lithium-ion batteries. While these materials can reach high voltages and capacities, their real-world usage has been limited by structural issues and oxygen depletion. Their study revealed that \u2018oxygen hole\u2019 formation \u2013 where an oxygen ion loses [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}