8_【2004 JPS】Improvement of electrochemical stability of LiCoO2 cathode by a nano-crystalline coating.pdfVIP

Journal of Power Sources 132 (2004) 195–200 Improvement of electrochemical stability of LiCoO2 cathode by a nano-crystalline coating Hailei Zhao∗, Ling Gao, Weihua Qiu, Xiuhua Zhang Department of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China Received 22 September 2003; received in revised form 16 December 2003; accepted 16 January 2004 Abstract A nano-crystalline MgO coating was formed on the surface of LiCoO2 particle via a sol–gel method. MgO coating can improve the cycling stability of LiCoO2 significantly. After the 40th cycle a discharge capacity of more than 120 mAh/g was remained for 1 mol% MgO-coated LiCoO , while only 13 mAh/g for pristine LiCoO when both charged up to 4.7 V. During heat treatment and 2 2 charge/discharge process, Mg2+ in coatings will diffuse into LiO -layers of LiCoO , which does not cause any detectable shift in X-ray 2 2 diffractometer (XRD) peak positions, but does impact the XRD peak intensity due to the aberrance of (0 0 3) plane. Mg2+ ions existing in LiO -layers will stabilize the lattice structure of LiCoO , hence improve the cycling performance of LiCoO cathode. More MgO coating 2 2 2 on LiCoO2 is detrimental to the electrochemical properties of LiCoO2 cathode, probably due