Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Preparation and Characterization of Li3V2(PO4)3 Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

YING Jie-Rong, GAO Jian, JIANG Chang-Yin, LI Wei, TANG Chang-Ping   

  1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 102201, China
  • Received:2005-10-19 Revised:2005-12-12 Published:2006-09-20 Online:2006-09-20

Abstract: Monoclinic lithium vanadium phosphate Li3V2(PO4)3 is a very promising polyanion-type cathode material for lithium ion batteries. In this work, LiOH·H2O, V2O5, H3PO4 and sucros(C12H22O11) were homogeneously mixed with certain molar ratios by ball-milling, and then sintered at 800℃ for 16h in N2. The Li3V2(PO4)3 powders were finally synthesized via carbothermal reduction process. The structure and morphology of Li3V2(PO4)3 powders were characterized by XRD and SEM. At charge-discharge cut-off voltages of 3.0-4.3V and 3.0-4.8V, the material shows rather high specific capacity, excellent cycling performance and rate capability. At charge-discharge cut-off voltages of 1.5-4.8V, the material shows very high specific capacity but poor cycling performance.

Key words: lithium ion batteries, cathode material, Li3V2(PO4)3