Abstract
A potential cathode material for lithium ion batteries has been developed using a boron polyanion substituted lithium iron manganese phosphate, LiFe0.4Mn0.6(PO4)1 - x(BO3)x (x = 0 to 0.03). Without any external carbon source, the material has been synthesized by solid-state reaction using ball-mill and was subsequently characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and galvanostatic charge-discharge measurement. The LiFe0.4Mn0.6(PO4)1 - x(BO3)x samples show a single-phase crystalline nature with X-ray diffraction analysis, and enhanced discharge capacity at various C-rates as compared to that of pure LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4. Among several LiFe0.4Mn0.6(PO4)1 - x(BO3)x samples, LiFe0.4Mn0.6(PO4)0.995(BO3)0.005 demonstrated the best cycleability, exhibiting an initial discharge capacity of 159.4 mAh g- 1 at 0.1 C and 113 mAh g- 1 at 3 C. LiFe0.4Mn0.6(PO4)1 - x(BO3)x demonstrates enhanced electrochemical properties with excellent reversible cycling via boron polyanion substitution.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 2236 |
Pages (from-to) | 56-60 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry |
Volume | 756 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Cathode material
- Lithium ion battery
- Olivine
- Polyanion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Electrochemistry