Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide NCA Cathode Powder Material for Advanced Lithium-ion Battery Fabrication and Energy Storage Research

Product Overview

This lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide (NCA) powder material serves as a premier, high-energy-density cathode active formulation engineered specifically for next-generation lithium-ion battery research, pilot-line cell prototyping, and advanced materials engineering. By combining high nickel content for elevated specific capacity with aluminum substitution for structural stabilization, the material delivers the theoretical performance advantages required for cutting-edge energy storage systems while maintaining exceptional batch-to-batch physical and electrochemical consistency.

Designed primarily for electrochemical laboratories, battery development institutes, and industrial research facilities, this cathode material is optimized for fabrication into coin cells, pouch cells, and cylindrical formats. It supports rigorous investigations into electric vehicle cell chemistry, high-rate power tools, grid storage solutions, and electrolyte formulation compatibility, providing researchers with reliable baseline standards and high-performing active formulations.

Engineered under stringent quality control protocols, this cathode material exhibits controlled residual alkali levels, optimized particle sizing, and superior thermal-structural resilience. Whether subjected to aggressive galvanostatic cycling or high-rate charge-discharge profiles, the material delivers reliable electrochemical capacity, robust particle integrity, and predictable processing kinetics across standard aqueous and non-aqueous electrode slurry manufacturing workflows.

Key Features

• High Specific Discharge Capacity: Delivers a specific discharge capacity of ≥ 200 mAh/g within a 3.0 V to 4.3 V electrochemical window (tested at 0.1C vs. Li/Li⁺), providing the elevated energy density needed for advanced cell chemistry benchmarking.
• Optimized Particle Size Distribution: Features a closely controlled particle morphology with a median diameter (D50) of 11.5 ± 2.0 μm, D10 of 5.5 ± 2.0 μm, D90 of 21.0 ± 4.0 μm, and strict Dmax cutoff (≤ 50.0 μm) to facilitate uniform slurry dispersion and prevent pinholing during coating.
• High Tap Density: Achieves a tap density of ≥ 2.4 g/cm³, enabling high-density electrode calendering and superior volumetric energy metrics in compact cell configurations.
• Low Residual Surface Alkali: Controlled residual lithium levels—with surface hydroxide (OH⁻) restricted to ≤ 0.2 wt% and surface carbonate (CO₃²⁻) to ≤ 0.4 wt%—substantially reduce slurry gelation during N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) mixing and minimize gas evolution during cell formation.
• Controlled Surface Area: Engineered specific surface area (SSA) of 1.8 ± 0.5 m²/g balances interfacial electrolyte wetting and lithium-ion diffusion kinetics without inducing excessive interfacial side reactions.
• Ultra-Low Moisture Content: Maintained at ≤ 600 ppm moisture prior to cell assembly, safeguarding vulnerable active material surfaces from premature degradation and electrolyte hydrolysis during electrode processing.
• Controlled Alkaline Passivation: Carefully managed surface chemistry maintains pH ≤ 11.7, protecting aluminum current collector foils against corrosive pitting during high-viscosity paste application.
• Convenient Vacuum Sealed Packaging: Packaged in 500 g sealed protective bags to prevent ambient moisture ingress and surface carbonation during international transit and storage.

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Technical Specifications

Why Choose This Product

• Rigorous Chemical and Morphological Quality Control: Every production batch undergoes comprehensive testing using industry-standard analytical instruments—including Malvern Mastersizer particle sizing, Metrohm Karl Fischer moisture titration, and Mettler Toledo potentiometric titration—ensuring exact parameter compliance.
• Mitigated Slurry Gelation and Processing Stability: By holding residual lithium hydroxide (≤ 0.2 wt%) and lithium carbonate (≤ 0.4 wt%) to strict thresholds, this material substantially lowers slurry viscosity drift, prevents binder crosslinking, and extends slurry pot life in production environments.
• Superior Electrode Compaction: The high tap density (≥ 2.4 g/cm³) combined with a tailored multi-modal particle packing structure enables high electrode loading and high calendering densities without particle crushing or current collector deformation.
• Consistent Electrochemical Reproducibility: Backed by standardized half-cell performance verification achieving ≥ 200 mAh/g at 0.1C, researchers can depend on predictable baseline metrics for comparative battery chemistry studies and process optimization.

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