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Article /cm Effects of MgO Coating on the Structural and Electrochemical Characteristics of LiCoO2 as Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Battery Jae-Hyun Shim, †,‡ Sanghun Lee,*,§ and Sung Soo Park*,† †Battery RD Center, Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., Suwon, Gyunggido, 443-803, Republic of Korea ‡Department of Materials Sciences and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States §Department of BioNano Technology, Gachon University, Seongnam, Gyunggido, 461-701, Republic of Korea S *Supporting Information ABSTRACT: To understand the origin of enhanced electrochemical performances of MgO-coated LiCoO2 as cathode materials for lithium ion battery, we investigate the internal structures of the materials at the nanometer scale. The MgO-coated LiCoO2 are annealed at various temperatures of 750−810 °C so as to find the optimized heat-treatment condition. The surface morphologies and crystalline structures are characterized by SEM, TEM, EELS, and XRD. The electrochemical results show that the MgO-coated LiCoO2 delivers a high capacity with excellent retention property. In particular, the sample annealed at 810 °C, which possesses the high doping level of Mg2+ ion in the Li sites, exhibits the highest retention capacity without undergoing phase transformation in the interfaces between the MgO-coating layer and the bulk LiCoO2 during cycling. Lithium and vacancy ordering in the delithiated state is monitored by TEM measurements. By comparison with the bare LiCoO2, we