Effect of Milling on the Electrochemical Properties of Nanostructured Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4 as Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries

Effect of Milling on the Electrochemical Properties of Nanostructured Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4 as Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries

Morteza Torabi* Alireza Tavakkoli Neyshabouri Bahram Soltan Mohammad S.H. Razavi Mansoor Kianpour Rad

Materials and Energy Research Center, P.O. Box 14155-4777, Tehran, Iran

Iran University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran

Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-1774, Tehran, Iran

Corresponding Author Email: 
mtorabi@uwaterloo.ca
Page: 
39-42
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DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.14447/jnmes.v20i1.293
Received: 
5 February 2016
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Accepted: 
22 February 2017
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Abstract: 

Phospho-olivine Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4 was synthesized using high-temperature solid state procedure. Ball milling was used to decrease the particle size of the active material. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirmed formation of the phospho-olivines. The crystallite size of the ball-milled particles was calculated about 64.9 nm. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) also showed polygonal particles of the ball-milled Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4 and homogeneous distribution of the iron and manganese. Electrochemical evaluation of the ball-milled Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4demonstrated faster kinetic reaction with respect to the as-synthesized Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4. The ball milling process led to highest capacity between the samples (150 mAh g-1 at 0.1 mA cm-2); however, annealing the ball-milled samples showed the best cyclic performance (3% fading after 50 cycles). Ball milling process caused nanostructured Li(Fe0.8Mn0.2)PO4 with lower diffusion length, higher electrical conductivity and higher capacity.

Keywords: 

phospho-olivines, lithium-ion battery, nanostructures, ball milling

1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusion
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