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. 2020 Mar 25;11:1550. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15355-0

Fig. 2. Discovery of three classes of oxide cathodes in the 1980s.

Fig. 2

Layered LiCoO2 with octahedral-site lithium ions offered an increase in the cell voltage from <2.5 V in TiS2 to ~4 V. Spinel LiMn2O4 with tetrahedral-site lithium ions offered an increase in cell voltage from 3 V for octahedral-site lithium ions with Mn3+/4+ couple to ~4 V, with an accompanying cost reduction. Polyanion oxide LixFe2(SO4)3 offered yet another way to increase the cell voltage through inductive effect from <2.5 V in a simple oxide like Fe2O3 to 3.6 V, with a further reduction in cost and improved thermal stability and safety. Oxford and UT Austin, refer, respectively, to the University of Oxford and the University of Texas at Austin.