Intermittent microwave heating synthesized high performance spherical LiFePO{sub 4}/C for Li-ion batteries
- The State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China)
An intermittent microwave heating method was used to synthesize spherical LiFePO{sub 4}/C in the presence of glucose as reductive agent and carbon source without the use of the inert gas in the oven processes. The FePO{sub 4} was used as iron precursor to reduce the cost and three lithium salts of Li{sub 2}CO{sub 3}, LiOH and CH{sub 3}COOLi were chosen for comparison of the resulting materials. The materials can be alternatively heated by this method at a temperature controllable mode for crystallization and phase transformation and to provide relaxation time for protecting particles growth. The X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope measurements confirmed that the LiFePO{sub 4}/C is olivine structured with the average particle size of 50-100 nm. The spherical LiFePO{sub 4}/C as cathode material showed better electrochemical performance in terms of the specific capacity and the cycling stability, which might be attributed to the highly crystallized phase, small particle distribution and improved conductivity by carbon connection.
- OSTI ID:
- 22202545
- Journal Information:
- Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 45, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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