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Nichia Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC, LiNixCoyMnzO₂)

Nichia Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC, LiNixCoyMnzO₂) are cathode materials. Ternary cathode materials (NMC) have an advantage of reducing the use of Cobalt and achieving both excellent output and excellent safety, making them the optimum materials for large-size batteries (i.e. in-vehicle use).

Functions: Cathode Material

End Uses: Electronics, Lithium-Ion, Lithium-Ion Batteries

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    Identification & Functionality

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    Features & Benefits

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    Features

    Nichia designs optimum compositions and physical properties for the particles to match the product with the use.

    • From small to large sizes, various particle sizes and shapes
    • Material design adopted for charging voltage (4.2V to 4.4V vs Li/Li+)
    • Improved performance by surface treatment technology (enhanced durability)
    • Fine control in the composition → stable manufacturing

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    Product Highlights

    Cathode Materials

    • Nichia's cathode materials for Lithium-ion batteries are widely used for secondary batteries in consumer products such as smartphones, laptops, and power tools. In recent years, Lithium-ion batteries have come to be used in other industrial applications including electric vehicles and energy storage.
    • Nichia intends to expand its business as the world's leading manufacturer of cathode materials.

    Lithium-Ion Batteries
    Nichia Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC, LiNixCoyMnzO₂) - Product Highlights

    Cathode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries

    • Nichia has been developing and manufacturing cathode materials for Lithium-ion batteries, based on its core technologies in powder synthesis Nichia has built up during its many years as a leading phosphor manufacturer. By carrying out the entire manufacturing process from raw materials to final products, Nichia has also been swiftly serving various demands of its customers and consistently supplying solutions for Lithium-ion batteries that meet the demands of higher capacity and higher safety. Recently, Lithium-ion batteries are required to make further progress in accordance with their applications such as large-sized batteries with high reliability and high-power operation , and for portable devices with low price and high capacity.
    • As one of world-leading manufacturer of cathode materials for Lithium-ion batteries, Nichia will continue to supply products with the optimum particle design in order to keep up with rapidly expanding applications for Lithium-ion batteries.

    Applications & Uses

    Battery Type
    Industrial Additives End Use
    Applications

    Small mobile devices, notebook computers, electric power tools, large-size Lithium-ion batteries, in-vehicle batteries, etc.

    Ever Expanding Applications

    Nichia Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC, LiNixCoyMnzO₂) - Ever Expanding Applications

    Technical Details & Test Data

    Battery Evaluation and Analysis

    Evaluation of cathode materials with prototype batteries

    • Half-cell evaluation
    • Full-cell evaluation
    • (Cycle life, Storage characteristics, Direct current internal resistance, Gas generation)
    • Heat stability evaluation (DSC)

    Analysis of cathode materials

    • XRD Rietveld analysis
    • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) analysis
    • Electron Microscope Observation
    • Structural analysis at SPring-8 (XRD/XAFS)
    • First-principles calculations

    Fourier Transformed XAFS
    Nichia Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC, LiNixCoyMnzO₂) - Battery Evaluation And Analysis
    Electron Density Map (LiMeO2)
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