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Excellent electrochemical performance of LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4 microspheres produced using a double carbon coating process
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posted on 2014-11-28, 00:00 authored by Y P Huang, Tao Tao, Z Chen, W Han, Y Wu, C Kuang, S Zhou, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) ChenComposite LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4/C microspheres are considered advanced cathode materials for electric vehicles and other high-energy density applications due to their advantages of high energy density and excellent cycling stability. LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4/C microspheres have been produced using a double carbon coating process employing traditional industrial techniques (ball milling, spray-drying and annealing). The obtained LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4 microspheres exhibit a high discharge capacity of around 166 mA h g-1 at 0.1 C and excellent rate capabilities of 132, 103, and 72 mA h g-1 at 5, 10, and 20 C, respectively. A reversible capacity of about 152 mA h g-1 after 500 cycles at a current density of 1 C indicates an outstanding cycling stability. The excellent electrochemical performance is attributed to the micrometer-sized spheres of double carbon-coated LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4 nanoparticles with improved electric conductivity and higher Li ion diffusion coefficients, ensuring full redox reactions of all nanoparticles. The results show that the advanced high-energy density cathode materials can be produced using existing industry techniques.
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Journal of Materials Chemistry AVolume
2Issue
44Pagination
18831 - 18837Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
Cambridge, United KingdomPublisher DOI
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2050-7488eISSN
2050-7496Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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