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- Larcher, Dominique, et al.
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Recent findings and prospects in the field of pure metals as negative electrodes for Li-ion batteries
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Materials Chemistry. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 0959-9428 .- 1364-5501. ; 17:36, s. 3759-3772
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the race for better Li-ion batteries, research on anode materials is very intensive as there is a strong desire to find alternatives to carbonaceous negative electrodes. A large part of these studies is devoted to alloying reactions, which have been known for more than thirty years but that have regained great interest by downsizing particle sizes, moving to nano-textured/nanostructured composites, or designing new electrode concepts. It is not the scope of this review to retrace twenty-five years of research, but rather to highlight recent advances that have been made in the use of Sn or Si-based electrodes together with the remaining challenges to be addressed and issues to be solved prior to such electrodes being commercially implemented in Li-ion cells.
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- Nytén, Anton, 1975-
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Low-Cost Iron-Based Cathode Materials for Large-Scale Battery Applications
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There are today clear indications that the Li-ion battery of the type currently used worldwide in mobile-phones and lap-tops is also destined to soon become the battery of choice in more energy-demanding concepts such as electric and electric hybrid vehicles (EVs and EHVs). Since the currently used cathode materials (typically of the Li(Ni,Co)O2-type) are too expensive in large-scale applications, these new batteries will have to exploit some much cheaper transition-metal. Ideally, this should be the very cheapest - iron(Fe) - in combination with a graphite(C)-based anode. In this context, the obvious Fe-based active cathode of choice appears to be LiFePO4. A second and in some ways even more attractive material - Li2FeSiO4 - has emerged during the course of this work.An effort has here been made to understand the Li extraction/insertion mechanism on electrochemical cycling of Li2FeSiO4. A fascinating picture has emerged (following a complex combination of Mössbauer, X-ray diffraction and electrochemical studies) in which the material is seen to cycle between Li2FeSiO4 and LiFeSiO4, but with the structure of the original Li2FeSiO4 transforming from a metastable short-range ordered solid-solution into a more stable long-range ordered structure during the first cycle. Density Functional Theory calculations on Li2FeSiO4 and the delithiated on LiFeSiO4 structure provide an interesting insight into the experimental result.Photoelectron spectroscopy was used to study the surface chemistry of both carbon-treated LiFePO4 and Li2FeSiO4 after electrochemical cycling. The surface-layer on both materials was concluded to be very thin and with incomplete coverage, giving the promise of good long-term cycling.LiFePO4 and Li2FeSiO4 should both be seen as highly promising candidates as positive-electrode materials for large-scale Li-ion battery applications.
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