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DALTON TRANSACTIONS
Volume 39, Issue 21, Pages 5108-5116Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b922640k
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- Region Aquitaine
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Pure tavorite LiFePO4(OH) was synthesized through a hydrothermal route. A fine structural analysis was done by X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. The structure consists of a three-dimensional network with iron(III) octahedra (FeO6) sharing corners, forming chains that run along the b direction. These chains are interconnected by PO4 tetrahedra, such as the resulting framework encloses tunnels of two different sizes running along the a and c axis. The lithium and hydrogen atoms were precisely localized in these tunnels. Theoretical (GGA + U) calculations performed for LiFePO4X materials (X = OH, F) confirmed our results and revealed that a unique lithium position is expected in LiFePO4(OH), as experimentally observed. For the first time, lithium intercalation was shown to occur in LiFePO4(OH) through the reduction of Fe3+ to Fe2+ at an average voltage of similar to 2.3 V (vs. Li+/Li) with a good cyclability.
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