High-Rate Capabilities of Ferroelectric BaTiO3-LiCoO2 Composites with Optimized BaTiO3 Loading for Li-Ion Batteries

Ferroelectric barium titanate, BaTiO3 (BT) was coated on lithium cobaltate, LiCoO2 (LC), as an artificial solid electrolyte interface (SEI), via the simple sol-gel route. The high charge-discharge rate capabilities of the composite cathodes were evaluated up to 10C. The LC loaded with 1 mol% of BT had a measured capacity of 146 mAh/g, which was the highest value measured at 10C. This capacity was 78% of its initial value, and was 238% of the capacity of bare LC over the same number of cycles. (C) 2015 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.