Science Daily   October 23, 2023 Layered LiCoO2 is usually synthesized after a prolonged sintering process at high temperatures for 10–20 h. Researchers in Japan have developed a “hydroflux process” to obtain highly crystalline and layered LiCoO2 at a low temperature within 30 min. They found that the molten mixed hydroxide-containing water molecules significantly accelerated the formation of LiCoO2, which showed a highly reversible capacity of 120 mAh g–1 without post annealing. The reaction mechanism study showed fast growth of LiCoO2 crystals suggesting that the excess molten hydroxides containing water dissolved the cobalt species of HCoO2 and suppressed the competing reaction […]