Solvothermal water-diethylene glycol synthesis of LiCoPO4 and effects of surface treatments on lithium battery performance
Solvothermal water-diethylene glycol synthesis of LiCoPO4 and effects of surface treatments on lithium battery performance
Olivine-structured LiCoPO4 is prepared via a facile solvothermal synthesis, using various ratios of water/diethylene glycol co-solvent, followed by thermal treatment under Ar, air, 5%H2/N2 or NH3. The diethylene glycol plays an important role in tailoring the particle size of LiCoPO4. An optimal ratio of water/diethylene glycol is identified as 1:6 (v/v), which produces a LiCoPO4 particle size of ~150 nm. The bare LiCoPO4 prepared after heating in Ar exhibits high initial discharge capacity of 147 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C with capacity retention of 70% after 40 cycles. This was attributed to the enhanced electronic conductivity of LiCoPO4 due to the presence of Co2P after firing under Ar. The effects of carbon, TiN and RuO2 coating were also examined. Contrary to other studies, it is found that the behaviour of the solvothermally synthesised LiCoPO4 samples produced here is not improved by the use of conductive coatings.
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Zhang, Min
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Zhang, Min, Garcia-Araez, Nuria, Hector, Andrew L., Owen, John R., Palgrave, Robert, Palmer, Michael and Soule, Samantha
(2019)
Solvothermal water-diethylene glycol synthesis of LiCoPO4 and effects of surface treatments on lithium battery performance.
RSC Advances, 9 (2), .
(doi:10.1039/c8ra08785g).
Abstract
Olivine-structured LiCoPO4 is prepared via a facile solvothermal synthesis, using various ratios of water/diethylene glycol co-solvent, followed by thermal treatment under Ar, air, 5%H2/N2 or NH3. The diethylene glycol plays an important role in tailoring the particle size of LiCoPO4. An optimal ratio of water/diethylene glycol is identified as 1:6 (v/v), which produces a LiCoPO4 particle size of ~150 nm. The bare LiCoPO4 prepared after heating in Ar exhibits high initial discharge capacity of 147 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C with capacity retention of 70% after 40 cycles. This was attributed to the enhanced electronic conductivity of LiCoPO4 due to the presence of Co2P after firing under Ar. The effects of carbon, TiN and RuO2 coating were also examined. Contrary to other studies, it is found that the behaviour of the solvothermally synthesised LiCoPO4 samples produced here is not improved by the use of conductive coatings.
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Accepted/In Press date: 15 December 2018
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