Structure and electrochemical properties of LiMn₂O₄−xF _x

Abstract

LiMn₂O₄−_xF_x prepared by the sol-gel method has a perfect crystal formation. The crystal particle size of the material was medium and distributed uniformly. The substitution of F for O increased the specific capacity of the material at the cost of the cycleability. The explanation of this results is that the F decreases the valence of Mn, that is, more Mn³⁺ and less Mn⁴⁺ exist in the material. The increase of Mn³⁺ will improve the initial specific capacity and Mn³⁺ is the original reason for Jahn-Teller effect that caused the poor cycleability of the cathode material by the micro-distortion of the crystal structure. In addition, the expanded measurement of the crystal lattice is also the reason for the poor cycleability. Therefore, the results of F-substitution and cation-substitution are opposite. If the two methods are combined, they can compensate the inability each other and the satisfactory results may be obtained.

Keywords

Li-ion battery / cathode materials / LiMn₂O₄−_xF_x

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