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Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO{sub 4}/C

Abstract

Carbon coated LiFePO{sub 4} (LiFePO{sub 4}/C) with different contents of high electron conductive iron phosphide phase was synthesized by an aqueous sol-gel method in a reductive sintering atmosphere. Different synthesis parameters were used for adjusting the microstructure and phase compositions of the products. The effects of the carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of the LiFePO{sub 4}/C electrodes were studied by means of testing the discharge capacities at rates of 0.1-5C (1C= 70 mAh g{sup -1}) and analyzing the CV curves. The results show that carbon coating in a content of 1.5 wt.% derived from the carbon source of ethylene glycol greatly decreases the particle size of LiFePO{sub 4} in one order in the specific surface area, and significantly improves the rate capability of LiFePO{sub 4}. The effect of the content of FeP on the capacity of the carbon coated LiFePO{sub 4} was different at different discharge rates. Increasing the content of FeP from 1.2 to 3.7 wt.% slightly decreases the capacity of LiFePO{sub 4}/C at low discharge rate (0.1C and 1C), but obviously increases the capacity of LiFePO{sub 4}/C when the discharge rate is increased to 5C. For the carbon free sample, even it also has  More>>
Authors:
Lin, Y; Gao, M X; Zhu, D; Liu, Y F; Pan, H G [1] 
  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 2008
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Journal of Power Sources; Journal Volume: 184; Journal Issue: 2; Conference: 7. China international battery industry conference and exhibition, Shanghai (China), 11-13 Jul 2007; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; CARBON; IRON PHOSPHATES; LITHIUM PHOSPHATES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ELECTRODES; CAPACITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACES; LITHIUM; SURFACE COATING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LiFePO{sub 4}; Sol-gel method; Rate capability; Carbon coating; Iron phosphides; Specific surface area
OSTI ID:
21108550
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753; JPSODZ; TRN: NL08V5124
Availability:
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.03.026
Submitting Site:
ECN
Size:
page(s) 444-448
Announcement Date:
Dec 11, 2008

Citation Formats

Lin, Y, Gao, M X, Zhu, D, Liu, Y F, and Pan, H G. Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO{sub 4}/C. Netherlands: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2008.03.026.
Lin, Y, Gao, M X, Zhu, D, Liu, Y F, & Pan, H G. Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO{sub 4}/C. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2008.03.026
Lin, Y, Gao, M X, Zhu, D, Liu, Y F, and Pan, H G. 2008. "Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO{sub 4}/C." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2008.03.026.
@misc{etde_21108550,
title = {Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO{sub 4}/C}
author = {Lin, Y, Gao, M X, Zhu, D, Liu, Y F, and Pan, H G}
abstractNote = {Carbon coated LiFePO{sub 4} (LiFePO{sub 4}/C) with different contents of high electron conductive iron phosphide phase was synthesized by an aqueous sol-gel method in a reductive sintering atmosphere. Different synthesis parameters were used for adjusting the microstructure and phase compositions of the products. The effects of the carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of the LiFePO{sub 4}/C electrodes were studied by means of testing the discharge capacities at rates of 0.1-5C (1C= 70 mAh g{sup -1}) and analyzing the CV curves. The results show that carbon coating in a content of 1.5 wt.% derived from the carbon source of ethylene glycol greatly decreases the particle size of LiFePO{sub 4} in one order in the specific surface area, and significantly improves the rate capability of LiFePO{sub 4}. The effect of the content of FeP on the capacity of the carbon coated LiFePO{sub 4} was different at different discharge rates. Increasing the content of FeP from 1.2 to 3.7 wt.% slightly decreases the capacity of LiFePO{sub 4}/C at low discharge rate (0.1C and 1C), but obviously increases the capacity of LiFePO{sub 4}/C when the discharge rate is increased to 5C. For the carbon free sample, even it also has 1.8 wt.% FeP, it still possesses poor capacity due to the large particle size of LiFePO{sub 4} and the lack of conductivity. And too much iron phosphides lowers the discharge capacity of the electrode since they are inert for the deinsertion/insertion of lithium ion. (author)}
doi = {10.1016/J.JPOWSOUR.2008.03.026}
journal = []
issue = {2}
volume = {184}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {2008}
month = {Oct}
}