High field phase transition of cathode material Li₂MnSiO₄ for lithium-ion battery

Abstract The magnetic properties of the candidate lithium-ion battery cathode materials Li2MnSiO4 have been studied experimentally using static and pulsed high magnetic fields. A field-induced magnetic transition is observed in low temperature region, in which a saturation magnetization is observed above 27 T which confirms that the Mn-ion has a dominant low spin state with a saturated magnetic moment of ∼3.1 μ B/Mn. With the change of temperature and magnetic field, the Li2MnSiO4 shows a complex magnetic phase transition. Considering to the coupling between spin, charge and orbital, the field-induced magnetic transition may affect the charge-discharge behavior of the cathode material, thus, the study is expected to explore the possibility and stability of the candidate lithium-ion battery cathode materials used in the low temperature and high magnetic field circumstance and its performance degradation.