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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 516, Issue 1-2, Pages 89-102Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0728(01)00663-5
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Li-ion batteries; graphite; transition metal oxide; composite electrode; Li-ion conductivity; impedance spectroscopy; surface films
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The effect of the application of pressure during the preparation of composite flaky synthetic graphite anodes and LiCoO2 cathodes on their electrochemical behavior in Li insertion and de-insertion processes was studied using voltammetry, chronopotentiometry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and ex situ AFM imaging Unpressurized graphite electrodes reach a higher capacity and have faster kinetics than the same electrodes compressed or rolled at 5 x 10(3) kg cm(-3). In contrast, the performance of rolled or compressed LiCoO2 electrodes in terms of capacity and kinetics was better than the performance of the unpressed electrodes. AFM imaging of pristine and cycled electrodes demonstrated a pronounced effect of pressure on the morphology of graphite electrodes, whereas the impact of pressure on the morphology of LiCoO2 electrodes was found to be much less pronounced. It was concluded that compressing graphite electrodes has an adverse effect on the contact between the active mass and ions in solution, while compressing LiCoO2 electrodes does not adversely affect the contact between solution species and the active mass, but rather, improves inter-particle electrical contact. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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