Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical studies on lithium insertion materials LiNi1−xCoxO2 with 0≤x≤0.25
Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical studies on lithium insertion materials LiNi1−xCoxO2 with 0≤x≤0.25
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jssc.2010.05.019
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发表时间:
2010-07
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
K. Mukai;J. Sugiyama;Y. Aoki
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作者:
K. Mukai;J. Sugiyama;Y. Aoki
The structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of the LiNi1−xCoxO2samples with x= 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.25 have been investigated by powder X-ray diffraction analyses, magnetic susceptibility (χ) measurements, and electrochemical charge and discharge test in non-aqueous lithium cell. According to the structural analyses using a Rietveld method, the occupancy of the Ni ions in the Li layer was estimated to be below 0.01 for all the samples and was eventually independent of x. The temperature (T) dependence of χ−1obtained with the magnetic field H=10kOe indicated that all the samples are a Curie–Weiss paramagnet down to ∼100K. At low T, all the samples entered into a spin-glass-like phase below Tf. The magnitude of Tfwas found to decrease almost linearly with x, as in the case for the x dependences of the lattice parameters of ah- and ch-axes, Weiss temperature, and effective magnetic moment. It is, therefore, found that the change of the magnetic properties with x is simply explained by a dilution effect due to the increase of the quantity of Co3+ions. On the other hand, the electrochemical measurements demonstrated that the irreversible capacity at the initial cycle is drastically decreased by the small amount of Co ions. Furthermore, the discharge capacity (Qdis) for the x=0.05 and 0.1 samples are larger than that for the x=0 sample; namely, Qdis=180mAhg−1for x=0, Qdis=217mAhg−1for x=0.05, and Qdis=206mAhg−1for x=0.1. Comparing with the past results, the amount of Ni ions in the Li layer is found to play a significant role for determining the magnetic and electrochemical properties of LiNi1−xCoxO2.