Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 213, Issue -, Pages 100-105Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.04.022
Keywords
Thin film cathode; Lithium iron phosphate; Lithium ion battery; Solvothermal growth; Nano-carbon coating
Funding
- China Scholarship Council
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [CMMI-1030048]
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)
- University of Washington TGIF
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Tunable LiFePO4/C thin films demonstrating high power were fabricated by drop-casting a LiFePO4 nano-plate/sucrose suspension on titanium foil, followed by pyrolysis at 600 degrees C for 3 h in nitrogen. The thickness, carbon content, and morphology of the LiFePO4/C film cathode can be adjusted by changing the amount of drop-cast, sucrose solution concentration and LiFePO4 raw material. For this work, well-crystallized LiFePO4 nano-plates synthesized via solvothermal route were used to prepare high power LiFePO4/C thin films. The resultant binder-free films consisted of well-packed LiFePO4 nano-plates coated with nano-carbon, a result of sucrose pyrolysis, and were directly assembled into cells for testing. The LiFePO4/C nano-composite film cathode delivered a lithium ion intercalation capacity of 162 mAh g(-1) and 90 mAh g(-1) at current density of 170 mA g(-1) (1 C) and 1.7 A g(-1) (10 C), respectively, while demonstrating excellent cyclic stability. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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