Title
Modulating metal-oxygen bonding in lithiated metal oxides with point defects
Conference Dates
March 10-14, 2019
Abstract
The strength of the metal-oxygen (M-O) bond in oxides principally determines the band structure and the stability of oxygen relative to O2 gas. Accordingly, such bonding is central to energy storage (for determining the redox potential) and electrocatalysis (for determining adsorbate bonding strength at the electrochemical interface). Traditionally, the M-O bond strength is tuned by changing the metal. We have recently discovered another important knob in LiXMO2: metal vacancies and antisite defects. In these materials, which are ubiquitous as positive electrodes in lithium-ion batteries, metal vacancies can form by moving a metal into the Li van der Waals gap. X-ray and neutron scattering measurements confirmed that introducing metal vacancies can substantially contract neighboring M-O bond length, transforming single bonds to double bonds (i.e., terminal metal oxo ligand). In select local configurations, even the peroxo species (O-O)2- can form. These variations of oxygen bonding leads to dramatic variation in the energetics of the bonding and antibonding states as well as the stability of oxygen relative O2 gas. In this talk, I will discuss the connection between local defect configurations and the M-O and O-O bonding in LiXMO2, where M spans 3d, 4d and 5d transition metals.
Recommended Citation
William C. Chueh, "Modulating metal-oxygen bonding in lithiated metal oxides with point defects" in "Nonstoichiometric Compounds VII", ECI Symposium Series, (2019). https://dc.engconfintl.org/nonstoichiometric_vii/52