Synthesis and performance of carbon-coated Li3V2(PO4)3 cathode materials via an oxalic acid-based sol–gel route using PEG

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology - Tập 74 - Trang 121-131 - 2014
Du Tao1, Shengping Wang1
1Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China

Tóm tắt

Li3V2(PO4)3/C (LVP/C) composite materials have been successfully synthesized via a sol–gel method with oxalic acid as chelating agent and polyethylene glycol (PEG) as the supplementary carbon source, in which oxalic acid and PEG serve as double carbon sources. The X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that all of the samples are well crystallized. Transmission electron microscopy images reveal that the LVP/C sample prepared with 10 wt% PEG is uniformly coated by carbon layer with an appropriate thickness of 10–16 nm, resulting in a high electrical conductivity and a fast kinetics. The Li+ diffusion coefficient in the LVP/C sample prepared with PEG is 3.482 × 10−13 cm2 s−1, which is larger than that of the LVP/C sample prepared without PEG. In the range of 3.0–4.3 V, the LVP/C-10 electrodes exhibit good rate capability and excellent cyclic performance, which discharge capacities are 131.9 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C and 105.3 mAh g−1 at 5 C. The present work provides a valuable route for preparing lithium metal phosphates with double carbon sources to improve the conductivity and hence the electrochemical performance.

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