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A facile solvothermal synthesis of Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates with improved electrochemical performances

A facile solvothermal synthesis of Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates with improved electrochemical... Using diethylene glycol as a solvent and manganese salts as doping sources, respectively, manganese doping and morphology control of olivine LiFePO4 as a cathode for Li-ion battery were simultaneously achieved by a facile solvothermal approach to alleviate the sluggish Li-ion diffusion kinetics. By the contrast to pure LiFePO4 nanoplates, the preferential growth of Mn-doped LiFePO4 particles was unchanged during the solvothermal synthesis procedure, and the plate morphology with a thickness of about 40 nm and a lateral size of 120–200 nm was kept, which was verified by XRD, SEM, and XPS characterizations. Moreover, it was demonstrated that the cell volume of as-synthesized LiFePO4 nanoplates with a reduced size along b-axial gradually was enlarged as the doping level of manganese increased. When assembled to a coin cell, electrochemical tests showed that Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates delivered an excellent capacity of 165 mAh/g at a rate of 0.1 C, by comparison with pure LiFePO4 nanoplates with a capacity of 147 mAh/g1. Even at a high charging/discharging rate of 10 C, a capacity of 139 mAh/g was maintained. Additionally, Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates also manifested a satisfactory cyclability with a capacity retention of 98.2% after 100 cycles at a rate of 10 C. The higher capacity, excellent rate capability, and cyclability of LiFePO4 were explained by the improved Li-ion intercalation/extraction kinetics and diffusion rate, as evidenced by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, which was attributed to Mn doping and morphology tuning of LiFePO4. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ionics Springer Journals

A facile solvothermal synthesis of Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates with improved electrochemical performances

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Using diethylene glycol as a solvent and manganese salts as doping sources, respectively, manganese doping and morphology control of olivine LiFePO4 as a cathode for Li-ion battery were simultaneously achieved by a facile solvothermal approach to alleviate the sluggish Li-ion diffusion kinetics. By the contrast to pure LiFePO4 nanoplates, the preferential growth of Mn-doped LiFePO4 particles was unchanged during the solvothermal synthesis procedure, and the plate morphology with a thickness of about 40 nm and a lateral size of 120–200 nm was kept, which was verified by XRD, SEM, and XPS characterizations. Moreover, it was demonstrated that the cell volume of as-synthesized LiFePO4 nanoplates with a reduced size along b-axial gradually was enlarged as the doping level of manganese increased. When assembled to a coin cell, electrochemical tests showed that Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates delivered an excellent capacity of 165 mAh/g at a rate of 0.1 C, by comparison with pure LiFePO4 nanoplates with a capacity of 147 mAh/g1. Even at a high charging/discharging rate of 10 C, a capacity of 139 mAh/g was maintained. Additionally, Mn-doped LiFePO4 nanoplates also manifested a satisfactory cyclability with a capacity retention of 98.2% after 100 cycles at a rate of 10 C. The higher capacity, excellent rate capability, and cyclability of LiFePO4 were explained by the improved Li-ion intercalation/extraction kinetics and diffusion rate, as evidenced by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, which was attributed to Mn doping and morphology tuning of LiFePO4.

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