Li
xMg
0.1Ni
0.4Mn
1.5O
4 spinel (
P4
332) was chemically and electrochemically lithiated in the range 1<
x 2.25 and sub
jected to detailed X-ray and neutron diffraction analysis to understand the electrochemicalbehavior in the 3 V region. Extensive migration of Ni and Mn during lithium insertion was found, resultingin the disappearance of the initial Ni-Mn ordering and the formation of Ni-rich and Ni-poor domains, leadingto two Jahn-Teller-distorted tetragonal phases with different Ni:Mn ratios. Such extensive Ni and Mnmigration was not known for these spinels, and strongly influences the initial cycling behavior. The newlyformed tetragonal phase with a Ni:Mn ratio of ~0.07 has a higher cyclability and a higher capacity, and istherefore suggested to have a favorable composition for this intercalation range, as is confirmed in theliterature. In addition, lithium is found to occupy multiple positions inside the distorted oxygen octahedronof this phase, a finding previously known only for lithium in anatase TiO
2.