Today we’ll be doing a deep dive into the hardcore particle engineering challenges of the high-nickel, cobalt-free cathode that Tesla unveiled at battery day. This is part ten of the Lithium Mine to Battery Line Series to break down and understand what was unveiled at Tesla Battery Day. ****************************************************** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelimitingfactor Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=XKK5KYEWXW87Y¤cy_code=NZD&source=url Teespring: null Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TLFBatteries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LimitingThe ****************************************************** References: 1) Beyond Doping and Coating: Prospective Strategies for Stable High-Capacity Layered Ni-Rich Cathodes https://sci-hub.se/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00191 2) Recent Progress and Perspective of Advanced High-Energy Co-Less Ni-Rich Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/aenm.202002027 3) Is Cobalt Needed in Ni-Rich Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries? https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.1381902jes 4) Quaternary Layered Ni-Rich NCMA Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries https://sci-hub.se/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b02499 5) Pushing the limit of layered transition metal oxide cathodes for high-energy density rechargeable Li ion batteries. Notes: The Tungsten Paper https://sci-hub.se/10.1039/c8ee00227d 6) Improved Cycling Stability of Li[Ni0.90Co0.05Mn0.05]O2 Through Microstructure Modification by Boron Doping for Li-Ion Batteries https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/aenm.201801202 7) State of Batteries 2020 from Battery Bits https://www.batterybrunch.org/state-of-batteries-report 8) High-Nickel NMA: A Cobalt-Free Alternative to NMC and NCA Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/adma.202002718 9) Suppressing Detrimental Phase Transitions via Tungsten Doping of LiNiO2 Cathode for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries https://sci-hub.se/10.1039/c9ta06402h 10) Li[Ni0.9Co0.09W0.01]O2: A New Type of Layered Oxide Cathode with High Cycling Stability https://sci-hub.se/10.1002/aenm.201902698 ****************************************************** Timeline 0:00 Intro 0:46 Recap of last video 02:52 NCMA 05:54 Cobalt-Free Challenges 08:44 High-Nickel Challenges 10:53 Particle Engineering 15:58 How to Decide? 22:19 Interim Summary 23:36 Application and Speculation 28:25 Last Minute Contender NMA 89 30:00 Tungsten vs Cobalt 30:45 Final Thoughts ****************************************************** #BattChat #BatteryTwitter Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said