Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 108.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20160452

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Effect of SO42- Doping on Electrochemical Properties of the Nasicon Li3Fe2(PO4)3 Cathode

ZHANG Bo1, HE Jun1, HUA Zhengshen1, WANG Xin1, PENG Huifen1,2,*()   

  1. 1. School of Material Science & Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China;
    2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Laminating Fabrication & Interface Control Technology for Advanced Materials, Tianjin 300130, China;
  • Received:2016-06-23 Online:2017-01-10 Published:2016-12-15
  • Contact: PENG Huifen E-mail:peng@hebut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China(No.E2016202358).

Abstract:

Effect of SO42- doping on electrochemical properties of the Li3Fe2(PO4)3 cathode materials was studied. Phase constitutents and electrochemical properties of the Li3-xFe2(PO4)3-x(SO4)x(x=00.90) materials were characterized by XRD, charge-discharge technology, cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectrum. The results proved that the added SO42- anions mainly dissolved in the Li3Fe2(PO4)3 compound, concomitant with the secondary phase, Fe2O3. Introduction of the SO42- anions resulted in a parabolic variation of discharging capacity for the Li3Fe2(PO4)3 compound, and that the sample with the SO42- content(x) of 0.60 exhibited the best performance. Its initial discharging capacity was about 111.59 mA·h/g at a rate of 0.5C, and this value was 18. 4% higher than that without any SO42-. After 60 charge-discharge cycles, its capacity retention was around 96% at a rate of 0.5C. Moreover, 97% of the initial capacity was obtained for this material by gradually increasing discharging rates from 0.5C to 5C, and then decreasing back to 0.5C, together with 10 charging-discharging cycles at each rate. Above-mentioned improvement in electrochemical properties for the SO42- substituted samples should result from their enhanced redox ability, decreased internal resistance and polarization, and increased Li+ diffusion coefficients of the batteries.

Key words: Cathode, Nasicon type Li3Fe2(PO4)3, SO42- doping, Electrochemical property

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