碳含量对Li2FeSiO4材料结构和电化学性能的影响.docVIP

  Effects of Carbon on Structure and Electrochemical Performance of Li2FeSiO4 Cathode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries# 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 ZUO Pengjian, CHENG Guangyu, WANG Tao, LI Chunxiao, YIN Geping* (School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China) Abstract: Li2FeSiO4/C composite cathode material was prepared by solid-state method with sucrose as carbon source. The effects of carbon content on structure and electrochemical performance of Li2FeSiO4/C cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries were investigated. The materials were characterized comparatively by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), galvanostatic charge–discharge, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV), respectively. The SEM images showed that the Li2FeSiO4/C consists of partially agglomerated nanoparticles with an average particle size of 100 nm. TEM images confirmed that a carbon layer was formed on the surface of Li2FeSiO4/C particles, which aimed to enhance the electronic conductivity of the material as well as inhibit the agglomeration during annealing process. The electrochemical measurement results revealed that the Li2FeSiO4/C composite with 7.5wt % carbon shows a good electrochemical performance with an initial discharge capacity of 141 mAh·g-1 at 0.1C, and remains a discharge capacity of 103.6 mAh·g-1 at 0.5C after 50 cycles. Key words: lithium ion battery; cathode material; Li2FeSiO4/C; solid-state method; electrochemical performance 0 Introduction Recognizing some safety concerns, cathode materials containing polyanions for lithium ion battery such as XO43- (X = P, Si) attracted much attention of researchers[1]. Replacement of the simple oxide ions by such polyanions were found to beneficially lower the redox energies of chemically more stable couples such as Fe2+/3+ through the inductive effect and, thereby, increase the cell