Improvement of cycling stability of LiMn2O4 cathode by Fe2O3 surface modification for Li-ion battery

Sahan H., Dokan F., ÜLGEN A., PATAT Ş.

IONICS, vol.20, no.3, pp.323-333, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 20 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11581-013-0987-x
  • Journal Name: IONICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.323-333
  • Kayseri University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The surface of spinel LiMn2O4 was modified with Fe2O3 (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 wt%) by a simple sol-gel method to improve its electrochemical performance at room temperature. Compared with bare LiMn2O4, surface modification improved cycling stability of the material. Among the surface-modified cathode materials, the 3.0- and 4.0-wt% surface-modified cathodes have lesser capacity loss than the others. While the bare LiMn2O4 showed 25.4 % capacity loss in 70 cycles at room temperature, 3.0 and 4.0 wt% of Fe2O3-modified LiMn2O4 only exhibited the capacity loss of 2.6 and 2.3 % in 70 cycles at room temperature, respectively. The structure and phase were identified with X-ray diffractometer along with the lattice constant calculated by a Win-Metric program.