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Novel Non-aqueous Sol-Gel Synthesis of Carbon-Coated LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn, Co) for Lithium Ion Batteries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
A simple organic solvent based sol-gel method for synthesis of carbon-coated LiFePO4 is developed. Phase pure LiFePO4 with uniform size of 200–300 nm and no agglomeration is obtained, with 1.8 wt % surface carbon formed in-situ. Such a material gives specific discharge capacities of 150 mAh/g and 145 mAh/g at C/5 and 2C at room temperature, respectively, with desirable cycling stability. The dependence of particle size and morphology on precursor concentrations is opposite to conventional solution based methods. Other LiMPO4 (M = Mn, Co, Ni, etc) with favorable physical characteristics can be synthesized the same way.
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