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Combining conventional transition-metal oxidation with oxygen oxidation in 'lithium-excess' materials is a recently discovered route to improving the capacity of lithium-ion batteries. Now two studies, one experimental and one theoretical, have investigated the processes, states and structures involved.

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Figure 1: Schematic drawing of the changes in the structure of Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 during the first charge of a Li // Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 battery.

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  1. Claude Delmas is in the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France,

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Delmas, C. Operating through oxygen. Nature Chem 8, 641–643 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2558

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