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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 708-716Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.11.106
Keywords
LiV3O8 cathode; Li0.3V2O5; Li-V-O nanorods; Electrochemical properties; EIS
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea
- Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology [2012-0003697]
- Seoul Research and Business Development (RBD) Program [WR090671]
- Agency for Defense Development (ADD) of the Republic of Korea
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Lithium vanadium oxide (Li1+xV3O8, x=0.2) cathode materials were synthesized via a simple hydrothermal reaction followed by heat treatment at elevated temperatures, and the electrochemical performance of as-synthesized LiV3O8 as a cathode material for lithium ion batteries was investigated using galvanostatic discharge-charge cycling and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. It reveals that different thermal treatment histories resulted in drastic changes in sizes/morphologies and electrochemical properties. The samples that were heat treated at 300 degrees C contained many nanorod-like particles, particularly at the surface of agglomerated LiV3O8 particles. Such nanorod-shaped Li-V-O compounds exhibit two different crystal structures: either a defective LiV3O8 or a Li0.3V2O5 structure. In addition, the nanorod-shaped Li-V-O compounds in the galvanostatically cycled samples could not be observed using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) because of their structural instability, which can be attributed to the deterioration of their electrochemical properties during cycling. In contrast, the samples treated at 400 and 500 degrees C exhibited a bi-modal particle distribution and estimated sheet-like morphologies with no impurities, respectively. They also indicated excellent electrochemical properties. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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