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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(9): 098202    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac6863
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Configurational entropy-induced phase transition in spinel LiMn2O4

Wei Hu(胡伟)1,2, Wen-Wei Luo(罗文崴)1, Mu-Sheng Wu(吴木生)1, Bo Xu(徐波)1, and Chu-Ying Ouyang(欧阳楚英)1,†
1 Department of Physics, Laboratory of Computational Materials Physics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China;
2 School of Ecology and Environment, Yuzhang Normal University, Nanchang 330103, China
Abstract  The spinel-type LiMn$_{2}$O$_{4}$ is a promising candidate as cathode material for rechargeable Li-ion batteries due to its good thermal stability and safety. Experimentally, it is observed that in this compound there occur the structural phase transitions from cubic ($Fd\bar{3}m)$ to tetragonal ($I4_{1}/{amd}$) phase at slightly below room temperature. To understand the phase transition mechanism, we compare the Gibbs free energy between cubic phase and tetragonal phase by including the configurational entropy. Our results show that the configurational entropy contributes substantially to the stability of the cubic phase at room temperature due to the disordered Mn$^{3+}$/Mn$^{4+}$ distribution as well as the orientation of the Jahn-Teller elongation of the Mn$^{3+}$O$_{6}$ octahedron in the the spinel phase. Meanwhile, the phase transition temperature is predicted to be 267.8 K, which is comparable to the experimentally observed temperature. These results serve as a good complement to the experimental study, and are beneficial to the improving of the electrochemical performance of LiMn$_{2}$O$_{4}$ cathode.
Keywords:  configurational entropy      LiMn2O4      phase transition      Jahn-Teller distortion  
Received:  01 March 2022      Revised:  06 April 2022      Accepted manuscript online:  20 April 2022
PACS:  82.47.Aa (Lithium-ion batteries)  
  81.05.Hd (Other semiconductors)  
  82.20.Ej (Quantum theory of reaction cross section)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12174162, 51962010, 12064015, and 12064014).
Corresponding Authors:  Chu-Ying Ouyang     E-mail:  cyouyang@jxnu.edu.cn

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Wei Hu(胡伟), Wen-Wei Luo(罗文崴), Mu-Sheng Wu(吴木生), Bo Xu(徐波), and Chu-Ying Ouyang(欧阳楚英) Configurational entropy-induced phase transition in spinel LiMn2O4 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 098202

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