The high capacity and excellent rate capability of Ti-doped Li2MnSiO4 as a cathode material for Li-ion batteries

Min Wang, Meng Yang, Liqun Ma, Xiaodong Shen

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Abstract

Ti-doped Li2Mn1-xTixSiO4 as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries was successfully synthesized by a facile sol-gel method. The addition of Ti to the precursors changed the particle sizes and specific surface areas of Li2MnSiO4. The galvanostatic charge-discharge measurements showed that Ti-doped Li2Mn1-xTixSiO4 (x = 0.06, 0.1, 0.2) electrodes delivered high charge capacity of 298, 286, 248 mA h g-1 and discharge capacity of 203, 211, 171 mA h g-1 in the first cycle, much higher than that of undoped Li2MnSiO4 (52 mA h g-1 for charging and 26 mA h g-1 for discharging). Moreover, the Ti-doped samples exhibited good cycling stability and superior rate capability, as compared to that of pristine sample. Even at a high rate (2 C), the Ti-doped Li2Mn1-xTixSiO4 still maintained high discharge capacities. The remarkable enhancement of battery performance in terms of capacity and rate capability for doped Li2Mn1-xTixSiO4 was primarily attributed to the decrease of charge transfer resistance and the improvement of the Li+ diffusion coefficient.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1612-1618
Number of pages7
JournalRSC Advances
Volume5
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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