Abstract
In layered lithium transition metal oxide cathodes, high voltage operation is accompanied by the formation of oxygen dimers, which are widely used as an indicator of oxygen-redox activity. However, understanding the role that oxygen dimerisation plays in facilitating charge compensation is still needed. Here, Li2NiO3 (a 3d8L2-containing compound, where L is a ligand hole) is studied as a model system, where oxygen dimerisation is shown to occur without cathode oxidation. Electrochemical cycling results in a net reduction of the cathode structure, accompanied by structural transformations, despite spectroscopic features of oxygen dimers arising at the top of charge. Oxygen dimerisation is shown to coexist alongside a structurally transformed and electronically reduced cathode structure, thus raising questions about its origin with respect to delithiation.
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