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Mechanical Milling Assisted Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of High Capacity LiFeBO3 for Lithium Batteries

Musa A. Cambaz, M. Anji Reddy, B. P. Vinayan, Ralf Witte, Alexander Pohl, Xiaoke Mu, Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula, Christian Kübel, Maximilian Fichtner, Anji Munnangi Orcid Logo

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 2166 - 2172

Swansea University Author: Anji Munnangi Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1021/acsami.5b10747

Abstract

Borate chemistry offers attractive features for iron based polyanionic compounds. For battery applications, lithium iron borate has been proposed as cathode material because it has the lightest polyanionic framework that offers a high theoretical capacity. Moreover, it shows promising characteristic...

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Published in: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ISSN: 1944-8244 1944-8252
Published: 2016
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa51568
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Abstract: Borate chemistry offers attractive features for iron based polyanionic compounds. For battery applications, lithium iron borate has been proposed as cathode material because it has the lightest polyanionic framework that offers a high theoretical capacity. Moreover, it shows promising characteristics with an element combination that is favorable in terms of sustainability, toxicity, and costs. However, the system is also associated with a challenging chemistry, which is the major reason for the slow progress in its further development as a battery material. The two major challenges in the synthesis of LiFeBO3 are in obtaining phase purity and high electrochemical activity. Herein, we report a facile and scalable synthesis strategy for highly pure and electrochemically active LiFeBO3 by circumventing stability issues related to Fe2+ oxidation state by the right choice of the precursor and experimental conditions. Additionally, we carried out a Mössbauer spectroscopic study of electrochemical charged and charged–discharged LiFeBO3 and reported a lithium diffusion coefficient of 5.56 × 10–14 cm2 s–1 for the first time.
Keywords: LiFeBO3, polyanion, lithium diffusion coefficient, lithium batteries, Mössbauer study, cathode
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 3
Start Page: 2166
End Page: 2172