Fig. 5: Characterization of PS-LMTO and NM-LMTO.
From: Nucleation-promoting and growth-limiting synthesis of disordered rock-salt Li-ion cathode materials
a, b Cross-sectional SEM images of (a) PS-LMTO and (b) NM-LMTO in the 70(LMTO):20(MWCNT):10(PVDF) electrodes before cycling and after 40 cycles in Li||PS/NM-LMTO cells between 1.5 and 4.8 V at 20 mA/g and 25 °C. c, d (002) XRD peak of the (c) PS-LMTO and (d) NM-LMTO before cycling (BC) and after 40 and 100 cycles between 1.5 and 4.8 V at 20 mA/g and 25 °C. e, f Mn 3 s XPS results on the (e) PS-LMTO and (f) NM-LMTO electrode before cycling and after 40 cycles between 1.5–4.8 V at 20 mA/g and 25 °C. The Mn 3 s peak exhibits two multiplet-split components due to exchange coupling between the non-ionized 3 s electron and 3 d valence electrons. Source data for (c–f) are provided as a Source Data file.
