title: Synthesis of Microspherical LiFePO₄-Carbon Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
abstract: This paper reports an "all in one" procedure to produce mesoporous, micro-spherical LiFePO₄ composed of agglomerated crystalline nanoparticles. Each nanoparticle is individually coated with a thin glucose-derived carbon layer. The main advantage of the as-synthesized materials is their good performance at high charge-discharge rates. The nanoparticles and the mesoporosity guarantee a short bulk diffusion distance for both lithium ions and electrons, as well as additional active sites for the charge transfer reactions. At the same time, the thin interconnected carbon coating provides a conductive framework capable of delivering electrons to the nanostructured LiFePO₄.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Am Muehlenberg 1, Golm/Potsdam 14424, Germany. linghui.yu@mpikg.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Linghui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou 510640, China. cai.dd@mail.scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dandan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou 510640, China. hhwang@scut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Haihui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E14NS, UK. m.m.titirici@qmul.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Maria-Magdalena
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Titirici
keywords: LiFePO4; energy storage; lithium-ion batteries; nanomaterials