title: In situ carbon coated LiFePO4/C microrods with improved lithium intercalation behavior.
abstract: LiFePO4/C microrods consisting of building blocks of interconnected nanoparticles surrounded by a thin and amorphous coating of carbon have been prepared by a customized hydrothermal method. Appreciable discharge capacity values of 168 mA h g(-1) at 0.1 C and 130 mA h g(-1) at 5 C rates have been exhibited by the currently synthesized LiFePO4/C cathode. The study enumerates the feasibility of exploiting the hydrothermal method to prepare an in situ carbon coated LiFePO4/C compound with tunable morphological properties and desirable electrochemical properties observed for up to 100 cycles at a 5 C rate.
authors.affiliation: ECPS Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi-6, India. kalaiselvicecri@gmail.com.
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authors.lastname: Bhuvaneswari
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authors.lastname: Kalaiselvi