新型锂离子电池正极材料LiVOPO4的制备与表征

Novel lithium-ion battery cathode material LiVOPO₄ was synthesized by sol-gel method using lithium hydroxide, ammonium metavanadate, phosphoric acid and citric acid as raw materials. The microstructure, surface morphology and electrochemical properties were characterized by various electrochemical methods in combination with thermogravimertric (TG) analysis and differential thermal analysis (DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM). Results show that the sample obtained by calcinating at 650 ℃ for 6 h is made up of uniform particles with size of 2～3 μm. The first discharge, charge capacity and columbic efficiency of LiVOPO₄ is 137.1 mAh·g^-1, 146.1 mAh·g^-1 and 93.8%, respectively. After 80 cycles the discharge capacity is kept at 130.4 mAh·g^-1, which is 95.1% of the first discharge capacity, and the capacity loss per cycle was only 0.061%, suggesting the LiVOPO₄ derived by this method is a promising cathode material for lithium ion batteries.