Synthesis and electrochemical properties of spherically shaped LiVPO4F/C cathode material by a spray drying–roasting method

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Abstract

LiVPO4F has attracted increasing research interest in the field of Li-ion batteries due to its high working voltage platform and high theoretical energy density. However, the construction of stable LiVPO4F cathode material with excellent electrochemical properties is still a major challenge. Herein, we successfully synthesized spherically shaped LiVPO4F/C via a spray drying–roasting method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results indicate that the well crystallized LiVPO4F/C with triclinic structure shows spherical morphology with an average diameter of 1–3 μm. The spherically shaped LiVPO4F/C delivers a discharge capacity of 137.9 mAh·g−1 at 0.1C rate in the range of 3.0–4.5 V and remains 91.4% capacity retention of its initial discharge capacity after 50 cycles. These results reveal that spray drying–roasting method is a promising approach to synthesize spherically shaped LiVPO4F/C cathode material with stable crystal structure and excellent performance.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51774207, 51774210 and 51904194), the Prospective Applied Research from the Technological Innovation Project of Key Industry of Suzhou (SYG201931), Natural Science Research of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (19KJB450001) and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical and Magnetochemical Functional Materials (EMFM20182202).

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    Yu-Lei Sui, Ling Wu, Wei Hong, Jie-Qun Liu, Xiao-Ping Zhang & Sheng-Kui Zhong

  2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical and Magnetochemical Functional Materials, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China

    Wei Li

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Sui, YL., Wu, L., Hong, W. et al. Synthesis and electrochemical properties of spherically shaped LiVPO4F/C cathode material by a spray drying–roasting method. Rare Met. 40, 1–6 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-019-01340-0

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Keywords

  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Cathode materials
  • LiVPO4F/C
  • Spray drying–roasting
  • Electrical properties