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Toward uniform and ultrathin carbon layer coating on lithium iron phosphate using liquid carbon dioxide for enhanced electrochemical performance

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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 262, Issue -, Pages 219-223

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.03.132

Keywords

Liquid carbon dioxide; Carbon coating; Lithium iron phosphate; Lithium secondary battery

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  1. National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [2009-0083540, NRF-2013R1A1A2061020]

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In this communication, uniform and ultrathin carbon coating on LiFePO4 (LFP) particles are performed using liquid carbon dioxide (l-CO2)-based free-meniscus coating. The uniform and conformal coverage of the carbon layer on LFP with a thickness of 33 nm, and a uniform distribution of carbon on the entire surface of the LFP particle are confirmed. The carbon-coated LFP (C-LFP) with a carbon content of 1.9 wt.% obtained using l-CO2-based coating exhibits a discharge capacity of 169 mAh g(-1) at 0.1 C and 71 mAh g(-1) at 30 C, while much lower discharge capacity of 146 mAh g(-1). at 0.1 C and 17 mAh g(-1) at 30 C is observed when C-LFP with an optimized carbon content of 6.0 wt.% is prepared using conventional aqueous-based coating. Crown Copyright(C) 2014 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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