Formation of size-dependent and conductive phase on lithium iron phosphate during carbon coating

Coating the active materials of interest with carbon is a widely employed way to boost the performance of lithium ion batteries. Here the authors show the formation of a conductive phase on LiFePO4 during carbon coating, which is size, annealing temperature and reduction atmosphere dependent.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yulong Liu, Jian Liu, Jiajun Wang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Biwei Xiao, Andrew Lushington, Wei Xiao, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Guoxian Liang, Xueliang Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03324-7