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Layered lithium cobalt oxide cathodes

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Lithium cobalt oxide was the first commercially successful cathode for the lithium-ion battery mass market. Its success directly led to the development of various layered-oxide compositions that dominate today’s automobile batteries.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Arumugam Manthiram & John B. Goodenough

  2. Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Arumugam Manthiram & John B. Goodenough

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

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Manthiram, A., Goodenough, J.B. Layered lithium cobalt oxide cathodes. Nat Energy 6, 323 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00764-8

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