期刊
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 8, 页码 1041-1044出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2010.05.019
关键词
Li-ion batteries; Negative electrode; Alloys; Mechanical alloying; Mechanical milling; Tin-cobalt-carbon; Neutron scattering
资金
- 3M Canada Co.
- NSERC
- National Science Foundation [DMR-9986442]
Sn-Co-C alloys are currently used as negative electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. A comparison between sputter deposited and mechanically alloyed Sn-Co-C materials has revealed a difference in the achieved specific capacity of materials prepared by the two methods. Only the sputtered materials reached the expected capacity even though both types of materials showed similar X-ray diffraction patterns. The structure of these materials has been described as being grains of amorphous CoSn embedded in a carbon matrix. Here, the sizes of the CoSn grains were determined using small angle neutron scattering measurements on various Sn30Co30C40 samples. Small grain sizes, on the order of 10 angstrom, were obtained for the sputtered samples while grain sizes between 55 and 100 angstrom were obtained for samples with the same composition but prepared by mechanical alloying methods. The inability of the mechanically prepared materials to achieve their theoretical capacity may be due to the larger size of the CoSn grains. (C) 2010 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.
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