title: Electrochemical Performances of Li2MnSiO4 Cathodes Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying Process.
abstract: We report the fabrication and electrochemical properties of Li2MnSiO4 powders produced by various solid-state reactions, such as ball-, attrition-, and bead-milling. Li2MnSiO4 powders prepared by bead-milling had the smallest particle sizes (~100 nm) and the largest amount of surface carbon (~20 wt%), which were produced by adding sucrose during milling process. The surface carbon layer can improve electronic/ionic conductivity of Li2MnSiO4 as cathode material for lithium ion battery. As expected, the bead-milled Li2MnSiO4 powder electrode showed the best electrochemical performance of the electrode materials obtained by the various solid-state reactions. This is attributed to the small particle size and facile electronic transport through the conductive carbon layer on each Li2MnSiO4 particle.
authors.forename: Yun-Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Kyung-Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Lee-Seung
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Bum Sung
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Seon
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hong