Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 307-310.doi: 10.1007/s40242-013-2267-8

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Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of xLi2MnO3·(1-x)LiMn2O4 Composites

YAO Su-mei, ZHANG Jing-wen, GUO Xun, QIU Xin-ping   

  1. Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
  • Received:2012-07-10 Revised:2012-08-06 Online:2013-04-01 Published:2013-03-20
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    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.90410002) and the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing City, China(Nos.2071001, 2120001).

Abstract:

Li2MnO3-doped spinel LiMn2O4 composites were synthesized by sol-gel method to improve the electrochemical performance of LiMn2O4. The microstructures, morphologies and electrochemical performance of the obtained xLi2MnO3·(1-x)LiMn2O4 composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scan electron microscopy(SEM) and a galvanostatic charge-discharge process. It was found that both Li2MnO3 and LiMn2O4 components exist in xLi2MnO3·(1-x)LiMn2O4(0<x<1) composites. The 0.3Li2MnO3·0.7LiMn2O4 composite shows the optimized electrochemical performance, including discharge capacity and cycle stability. It was demonstrated that Li2MnO3-doped spinel LiMn2O4 cathode material can work at wide potential window with quite good capacity retention and considerably larger reversible capacity compared to single-phase LiMn2O4 component.

Key words: Spinel, Composite, Electrochemical performance