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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 844, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156203
Keywords
Lithium titatnate; Titanyl sulfate; Mining process; Hydrothermal method; Microsphere
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- Basic research project of the Korea institute of Geoscience and Mineral resources [20-3212-1]
- KERI Primary research program of MSIT / NST [20-12-N0101-27]
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Because of its excellent safety and sustainability, spinel-structured lithium titanate (LTO, Li4Ti5O12) has recently attracted intensive attention as a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for large-scale applications. However, several obstacles impede the use of LTO in practical applications, including its high cost and relatively low capacity due to poor electron conductivity. To reduce the synthesis cost and increase the efficiency of LTO, LTO microspheres assembled with nanoparticles were prepared from a titanium(IV) oxysulfate (TiOSO4) solution, which is generally produced during the sulfate process in titanium mining of ilmenite (FeTiO3). Before LTO microspheres were synthesized, 1-2 mm microsphere scaffolds consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared through the urea-based hydrolysis of TiOSO4. The LTO microspheres were obtained through a sequential hydrothermal reaction-calcination process using LiOH and the as-prepared TiO2 microsphere scaffolds. According to the synthesis conditions, LTO-TiO2 (LTO-500), nonporous LTO (LTO-800), and porous LTO (LTO-HT3-500) microspheres were synthesized. The electrochemical performances of the synthesized LTO microspheres were most strongly affected by the microspheres' crystal size and surface area. The presence of TiO2 in the LTO microspheres also affected their performance. The LTO-HT3-500 microspheres (pure spinel LTO phase) showed an excellent initial discharge capacity of 158.7 mAh/g, superior cyclic ability (<7.3% capacity decay, 100 cycles at 1C), and rate capability (capacity loss 11%) at high current rates (0.1C-10C) because of their small crystal size (17.6 nm) and large specific surface area (44.4 m(2)/g). These results demonstrate that high-performance LTO microspheres for LIBs can be produced from TiOSO4 solution as a low-cost Ti source. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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