Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 196, Issue 22, Pages 9665-9671Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.07.028
Keywords
Lithium-ion battery; Binder; Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC); Anatase TiO2
Funding
- ENI [LiBEST]
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The challenge of producing lithium-ion batteries meeting performance requirements and low environmental impact is strictly related to the choice of materials as well as to the manufacturing processes. Most electrodes are currently prepared using poly(vinilydene fluoride) (PVDF) as binder. This fluorinated polymer is expensive and requires the use of a volatile and toxic organic solvent such as N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) in the processing. Water soluble sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) can be a suitable substitute for PVDF as binder for both anodes and cathodes eliminating the necessity of NMP and thus decreasing the cost and the environmental impact of battery production. In this work, CMC has been successfully used to prepare efficient and stable anatase TiO2 anodes by optimizing the electrode manufacturing process in terms of composition and compression. The stability and the high rate performances of the TiO2/CMC are described and compared with those of TiO2/PVDF electrodes. The compatibility of the TiO2/CMC with a LiFePO4 cathode in a full-cell is also reported. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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