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Kinetics of the Decomposition of LiMn2O4 in Air

WEN Yan-Xuan1; ZHOU Kai-Wen2; SU Hai-Feng1; TONG Zhang-Fa1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer; Guangxi University; Nanning 530004; China; 2.Institute of Materials Science;Guangxi University; Nanning 530004, China
  • Received:2004-02-23 Revised:2004-06-25 Published:2005-03-20 Online:2005-03-20

Abstract: In order to get the decomposition kinetics of LiMn2O4 in air, its decomposition process was studied with TG, XRD and H-E integrated equation. The decomposition reaction from 1070K to 1210K is
LiMn2O4 (Cubic)→LiMn2O4-δ(Orthorhombic) +δ/2O2(g)↑, which is controlled by nucleating and growing, and the activated energy is 204.16kJ/mol. The reaction from
1210K to 1473K is 3LiMn2O4-δ(Orthorhombic)→LiMnO2+ Mn3O4 +Li2Mn2O4+(1-3δ/2)O2 (g)↑. Nucleating and growing is the key step of
the process from 1210K to 1300K, and its activated energy is 185.61kJ/mol. But the process from 1300K to 1473K is controlled by diffusion, and its activated energy is 208.74kJ/mol. The kinetical compensative effects not
only exist in Arrhenius equation but also in Harcourt-Esson equation.

Key words: lithium-ion batteries, cathode material, LiMn2O4, decomposition kinetics

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