Non-stoichiometric synthesis and electrochemical performance of LiFe 1-xPO4/C cathode materials for lithium ion batteries

Chenglin Hu, Yuping Wu, Yongnian Dai

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Abstract

Non-stoichiometric LiFe1-xPO4/C composites were synthesized by a simple sol-gel method. Different impurities were detected in the X-ray diffraction measurements with the change of Fe content. The effects of Fe-poor on the structure and electrochemical performance of LiFePO4 were investigated. Compared with stoichiometric LiFePO4/C, non-stoichiometric samples show better electrochemical performance because they have smaller impedance and faster lithium ion diffusion. Among these non-stoichiometric samples, LiFe0.94PO4/C cathode delivers the highest capacity of 149 mAh g-1 at 0.2 C and 103 mAh g -1 at 5 C and no capacity loss was found after 100 full cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1450016
JournalFunctional Materials Letters
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fe-poor
  • Li-ion batteries
  • cathode
  • lithium iron phosphate
  • non-stoichiometry

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