15_【2010 Journal of The Electrochemical Society】 60°C Nanoscale Dry-Coating Method Al2O3, TiO2, and MgF2@ LiCoO2.pdf

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 157 5 A617-A624 2010 A617 0013-4651/2010/1575/A617/8/$28.00 © The Electrochemical Society High Performance LiCoO2 Cathode Materials at 60°C for Lithium Secondary Batteries Prepared by the Facile Nanoscale Dry-Coating Method Yonghyun Cho, Junho Eom, and Jaephil Cho*,z School of Energy Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 689-798, Korea A mass scalable dry-coating method was used on a LiCoO2 cathode to improve cycling stability at 60°C and, in contrast to the conventional wet-coating method, this one did not require a solvent. Electrochemical results of the MgF , Al O , and TiO 2 2 3 2 coatings on LiCoO2 cathodes showed a fast capacity fade, resulting in 10% capacity retention at 60°C under 1C rate cycling, whereas an uncoated cathode showed 64% retention. This difference was believed to be because the residual coating layers which did not react with the bulk layer accelerated the side reactions with the electrolytes at 60°C, leading to increased formation of the surface films. However, when MgCO3 and AlPO4 were used for dry coating, the coating layers completely disappeared, but a higher concentration of coating elements was found near t