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Title: Facile, ethylene glycol-promoted microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of high-performance LiCoPO4 as a high-voltage cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

Olivine-type LiCoPO4 is considered a promising high-voltage cathode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. However, preparing high-performance LiCoPO4 by a simple approach has been challenging. Herein, we present a facile and rapid (30 min) one-step microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis route using a 1 : 1 (v/v) water/ethylene glycol (EG) binary solvent mixture and a temperature of 250 °C. Here, the technique delivers high-performance LiCoPO4nanoparticles without additional post-annealing or carbon coating steps. The as-prepared powder consists of single crystalline LiCoPO4 and features a hexagonal platelet-like morphology with dimensions of 700-800 nm × 400-600 nm × 100-220 nm. Selected area electron diffraction (SAED) experiments reveal that the platelets show the smallest dimension along [010], which is the direction of the lithium diffusion pathways in the olivine crystal structure. Furthermore, the results indicate that the EG co-solvent plays an important role in tailoring the particle size, morphology, and crystal orientation of the material. Co L-edge soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of LiCoPO4 are presented for the first time and confirm that the material only consists of Co2+. Benefiting from the unique morphology, which facilitates Li-ion conduction, electrochemical measurements deliver an initial discharge capacity of 137 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C, a remarkably stable capacitymore » retention of 68% after 100 cycles at 0.5 C, and a specific energy density of 658 W h kg-1 based on its capacity and voltage, which is the best performance of LiCoPO4 obtained from microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis to date.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [1]
  1. Technical University of Munich, Garching (Germany)
  2. BMW AG, München (Germany)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1532177
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
RSC Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 86; Journal ID: ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Ludwig, Jennifer, Marino, Cyril, Haering, Dominik, Stinner, Christoph, Nordlund, Dennis, Doeff, Marca M., Gasteiger, Hubert A., and Nilges, Tom. Facile, ethylene glycol-promoted microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of high-performance LiCoPO4 as a high-voltage cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1039/c6ra19767a.
Ludwig, Jennifer, Marino, Cyril, Haering, Dominik, Stinner, Christoph, Nordlund, Dennis, Doeff, Marca M., Gasteiger, Hubert A., & Nilges, Tom. Facile, ethylene glycol-promoted microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of high-performance LiCoPO4 as a high-voltage cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra19767a
Ludwig, Jennifer, Marino, Cyril, Haering, Dominik, Stinner, Christoph, Nordlund, Dennis, Doeff, Marca M., Gasteiger, Hubert A., and Nilges, Tom. Thu . "Facile, ethylene glycol-promoted microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of high-performance LiCoPO4 as a high-voltage cathode material for lithium-ion batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra19767a. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532177.
@article{osti_1532177,
title = {Facile, ethylene glycol-promoted microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis of high-performance LiCoPO4 as a high-voltage cathode material for lithium-ion batteries},
author = {Ludwig, Jennifer and Marino, Cyril and Haering, Dominik and Stinner, Christoph and Nordlund, Dennis and Doeff, Marca M. and Gasteiger, Hubert A. and Nilges, Tom},
abstractNote = {Olivine-type LiCoPO4 is considered a promising high-voltage cathode material for next-generation lithium-ion batteries. However, preparing high-performance LiCoPO4 by a simple approach has been challenging. Herein, we present a facile and rapid (30 min) one-step microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis route using a 1 : 1 (v/v) water/ethylene glycol (EG) binary solvent mixture and a temperature of 250 °C. Here, the technique delivers high-performance LiCoPO4nanoparticles without additional post-annealing or carbon coating steps. The as-prepared powder consists of single crystalline LiCoPO4 and features a hexagonal platelet-like morphology with dimensions of 700-800 nm × 400-600 nm × 100-220 nm. Selected area electron diffraction (SAED) experiments reveal that the platelets show the smallest dimension along [010], which is the direction of the lithium diffusion pathways in the olivine crystal structure. Furthermore, the results indicate that the EG co-solvent plays an important role in tailoring the particle size, morphology, and crystal orientation of the material. Co L-edge soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of LiCoPO4 are presented for the first time and confirm that the material only consists of Co2+. Benefiting from the unique morphology, which facilitates Li-ion conduction, electrochemical measurements deliver an initial discharge capacity of 137 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C, a remarkably stable capacity retention of 68% after 100 cycles at 0.5 C, and a specific energy density of 658 W h kg-1 based on its capacity and voltage, which is the best performance of LiCoPO4 obtained from microwave-assisted solvothermal synthesis to date.},
doi = {10.1039/c6ra19767a},
journal = {RSC Advances},
number = 86,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {8}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Projections of the crystal structures of olivine-type LiCoPO4 (space group Pnma) along the three crystallographic axes: (a) [100], (b) [010], and (c) [001]. [CoO6] octahedra are drawn in red, [PO4] tetrahedra in blue, and Li ions in grey.

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