Nanosized LiFePO4 cathode materials for lithium ion batteries.
In this study, we prepared nano-particles of LiFePO4 as cathode material for lithium ion batteries by the solid-state reaction. A simple one-step heat treatment has been employed with control of heating temperature and heated LiFePO4 at 650 degrees C exhibited higher 125 mA h/g of the discharge capacity than 600 degrees C, 700 degrees C. To improve conductivity of the inter-particle, carbon coating was carried out by raw carbon or pyrene as carbon sources and their morphological properties of particles on the carbon coating was compared with by FE-SEM, TEM. From the FE-SEM results, the particles of carbon added LiFePO4 have much smaller size than LiFePO4 as below 300 nm. When adding pyrene (10 wt%), the carbon surrounded non-uniformly with surface of the particles compared with adding raw carbon which wrapped uniformly with carbon web and it was exhibited 152 mA h/g of the discharge capacity on LiFePO4/C composite cells at 10th cycle.
Gu
Hal-Bon
HB
Department of Electrical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea.
Jun
Dae-Kyoo
DK
Park
Gye-Choon
GC
Jin
Bo
B
Jin
En Mei
EM
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D007477:Ions; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008839:Microelectrodes; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010316:Particle Size
D005290:Ferric Compounds; D007477:Ions; D008094:Lithium; C035885:ferric phosphate