Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powder

CAS Number 12057-17-9

2D Materials, Battery Materials, Cathode Active Materials, Low Dimensional Materials, Metal Oxides

Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powder MSDS

Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powder CAS 12057-17-9

Spinel LiMn₂O₄ Powder, Battery Materials

With improved ion transport and power capability as lithium-ion battery cathode material

Technical Data | MSDS | Literature and Reviews

Lithium manganese oxide (LMO), CAS number 12057-17-9, has a chemical formula of LiMn₂O₄. It is a promising candidate to replace layered Ni or Co oxide materials as the cathode in lithium-ion batteries for its intrinsic low-cost, environmental friendliness, high abundance, and better safety. Lithium manganese oxide can improve ion transport and power capability especially at high rates with higher nominal voltage (4.0 V) than the benchmark cathode material LiCoO₂.

High voltage

Improve ion transport at higher rates with High Voltage

Environmentally friendly

Improved environmental friendliness

Low Cost

Intrinsic low-cost

Safety

Better safety

Lithium manganese oxide has a spinel crystal structure with space group of Fd3m. Closely packed oxygen array allocates cations in octahedral and tetrahedral sites. The same amount of Mn³⁺ and Mn⁴⁺ occupies the octahedral sites while lithium occupies the tetrahedral sites.

lithium manganese oxide crystal structure — Lithium manganese oxide (LiMn₂O₄) crystal structure, CAS 12057-17-9

Like LiCoO₂, LiMn₂O₄ also suffers from capacity fading caused by a combination of structural transformation and transition metal cation dissolution. The so called Jahn–Teller distortion, occurred at the discharge state of Mn³⁺, causes a symmetry distortion of the octahedra complex and transforms the spinel into a tetragonal with large anisotropic volume change. The structure distortion is peaked at high current rate when Li⁺ diffusion rate into the electrolyte is greater than inside the domain of the crystal structure.

Technical Data

CAS Number	12057-17-9
Chemical Formula	LiMn₂O₄
Molecular Weight	180.81 g/mol
Chemical Name	Lithium Manganese Oxide
Synonyms	Lithium manganese oxide spinel powder
Classification / Family	2D semiconducting materials, Battery materials, Metal oxides, Cathode materials
Colour	Black to grey powder

Lithium Manganese Oxide Powder

Product Code	M2402A1
Average Particle Size (APS)	D50: 23 – 27 μm
Specific Surface Area (SSA)	0.4 – 1.0 m²/g
Coin Cell Capacity 1 C (3.0 – 4.3 V)	~105 mAh/g
True Density	4 – 5 g/cm³
Melting Point	400 °C

Pricing Table

Product Code	Weight	Price
M2402A1	100 g	£165
M2402A1	250 g	£330
M2402A1	500 g	£560

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MSDS Documents

Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) Powder MSDS Sheet

Literatures

High Performance LiMn2O4 Cathode Materials Grown with Epitaxial Layered Nanostructure for Li-Ion Batteries, M. Lee et al., Nano Lett., 14 (2), 993–999 (2014); DOI: 10.1021/nl404430e.
High-rate cyclability and stability of LiMn2O4 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries from low-cost natural β−MnO2, J. Abou-Rjeily et al., Energy Stor. Mater., 26, 423-432 (2020); DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.11.015.
Core-shell structure of LiMn2O4 cathode material reduces phase transition and Mn dissolution in Li-ion batteries, C. Tomon et al., Commun. Chem., 5, 54 (2022): DOI: 10.1038/s42004-022-00670-y.

LiMn2O4 spinel and substituted cathodes, M. Thackeray et al., Nat. Energy, 6, 566 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00815-8.
Nano LiMn2O4 as cathode material of high rate capability for lithium ion batteries, W. Tang et al., J. Power Sources, 198, 308-311 (2012); DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.09.106.
On the Manganese Dissolution Process from LiMn2O4 Cathode Materials, Y. Tesfamhret et al., ChemElectroChem, 8, 1516–152 (2021); DOI: 10.1002/celc.202001496.
Ordered Mesoporous Spinel LiMn2O4 by a Soft-Chemical Process as a Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, J. Luo et al., Chem. Mater., 19 (19), 4791–4795 (2007); DOI: 10.1021/cm0714180.
Spinel LiMn2O4 nanohybrid as high capacitance positive electrode material for supercapacitors, F. Wang et al., J. Power Source, 246, 19-23 (2014); DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.07.046.
Synthesis of Single Crystalline Spinel LiMn2O4 Nanowires for a Lithium Ion Battery with High Power Density, E. Hosono et al., Nano Lett., 9 (3), 1045–1051 (2009); DOI: 10.1021/nl803394v.
Improving Thermodynamic Stability of nano-LiMn2O4 for Li-Ion Battery Cathode, K. Nakajima et al., Chem. Mater., 33 (11), 3915–3925 (2021); DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04305.
Surface Structure Evolution of LiMn2O4 Cathode Material upon Charge/Discharge, D. Tang et al., Chem. Mater., 26, 535−3543 (2014); DOI: 10.1021/cm501125e.