Electrochemical Properties of LiFePO<sub>4</sub> Cathodes: The Effect of Carbon Additives

The influence of different conductive additives (carbon nanofibers (CNFs), carbon nanoplatelets, and pyrolytic carbon from sucrose (Sucr) or polyvinylidene fluoride) on the morphology, electron conductivity, and electrochemical performance of LiFePO<sub>4</sub>-based cathodes was investi...

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出版年:Batteries
主要な著者: Irina Stenina, Polina Minakova, Tatiana Kulova, Andrey Yaroslavtsev
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
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オンライン・アクセス:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/8/9/111
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要約:The influence of different conductive additives (carbon nanofibers (CNFs), carbon nanoplatelets, and pyrolytic carbon from sucrose (Sucr) or polyvinylidene fluoride) on the morphology, electron conductivity, and electrochemical performance of LiFePO<sub>4</sub>-based cathodes was investigated to develop the most efficient strategy for the fabrication of high-rate cathodes. Pyrolytic carbon effectively prevents the growth of LiFePO<sub>4</sub> grains and provides contact between them, CNFs provide fast long-range conductive pathways, while carbon nanoplatelets can be embedded in carbon coatings as high-conductive “points” which enhance the rate capability and decrease the capacity fading of LFP. The LiFePO<sub>4</sub>/C<sub>Sucr</sub>/CNF showed better performance than the other cathodes due to the synergy of the high-conductive CNF network (the electronic conductivity was 1.3 × 10<sup>−2</sup> S/cm) and the shorter Li<sup>+</sup> ion path (the lithium-ion diffusion coefficient was 2.1 × 10<sup>−11</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>/s). It is shown that the formation of composites based on LFP and carbon nanomaterials via mortar grinding is a more promising strategy for electrode material manufacturing than ball milling.
ISSN:2313-0105