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ArticleNature communications2025

Nucleation-promoting and growth-limiting synthesis of disordered rock-salt Li-ion cathode materials.

Hoda Ahmed, Moohyun Woo, Nicolas Dumaresq, Pablo Trevino Lara, Richie Fong, Sang-Jun Lee, Gregory Lazaris, Nauman Mubarak, Nicolas Brodusch, Dong-Hwa Seo and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Monitoring the Microwave Synthesis of dAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Hoda AhmedDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-8397
Moohyun WooDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1810-7717
Nicolas DumaresqDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-5550
Pablo Trevino LaraDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7048-0962
Richie FongDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-6224-0986
Sang-Jun LeeStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8199-3993
Gregory LazarisDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3557-2581
Nauman MubarakDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-2944
Nicolas BroduschDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3181-3963
Dong-Hwa SeoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7200-7186
Raynald GauvinDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2513-3128
George P DemopoulosDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-5339
Jinhyuk LeeDepartment of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. jinhyuk.lee@mcgill.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-6513

Funding

Faculty of Engineering, McGill University (Faculty of Engineering, McGill) McGill Engineering Doctoral AwardFonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (Quebec Fund for Research in Nature and Technology) FRQNT scholarshipGouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) NSERC RGPIN-2020-04463Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) NSERC RGPIN-2024-04977Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) NSERC STPGP 521217-18National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) RS-2024-00435493U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-76SF00515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disordered rock-salt oxides and oxyfluorides are promising positive electrode materials for high-performance lithium-ion batteries free of nickel and cobalt. However, conventional synthesis methods rely on post-synthesis pulverization to achieve cycling-appropriate particle sizes, offering limited control over particle microstructure and crystallinity. This accelerates degradation and complicates secondary particle processing. Here we present a synthesis strategy that enhances nucleation while suppressing particle growth and agglomeration across various disordered rock-salt compositions, including lithium-manganese-titanium oxide, lithium-manganese-niobium oxide, and lithium-nickel-titanium oxide systems. Applied to Li

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PMCPMC12216312

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