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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 196, Issue 13, Pages 5623-5630Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.02.059
Keywords
Lithium iron phosphate; Vanadium oxide; Lithium ion battery; Cathode; Diffusion coefficient
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [20971117, 10979049]
- Education Department of Anhui Province [KJ2009A142]
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In addition to lattice doping and carbon-coating, surface modification with other metal oxides can also improve the electrochemical performance of LiFePO4 powders. In this work, highly conductive vanadium oxide (V2O3) is in situ produced during the synthesis of carbon-coated LiFePO4(LiFePO4/C) powders by a solid state reaction process and acts as a surface modifier. The structures and compositions of LiFePO4/C samples containing 0-10 mol% vanadium are analyzed by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Their electrochemical properties are also characterized with galvanostatic cell cycling and cyclic voltamrnetry. It is found that vanadium is present in the form of V2O3 that is incorporated in the carbon phase. The vanadium-modified LiFePO4/C samples show improved rate capability and low-temperature performance. Their apparent lithium diffusion coefficient is in the range of 10(-12) to 10(-10) cm(2)s(-1) depending on the vanadium content. Among the investigated samples, the one with 5 mol% vanadium exhibits the best electrochemical performance. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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