Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Improved Electrochemical Performance of LiCoO2 due to Pt Additive

DU Ke1; QI Lu1; WANG Yin-Jie2; ZHANG Hong3   

  1. 1. Department of Applied Chemistry; College of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering Peking University; Beijing 100871; China; 2.Department of Electronic Engineering; Beijing Institute of Technology; Beijing 100081, China; 3.Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2004-02-06 Revised:2004-02-24 Published:2005-03-20 Online:2005-03-20

Abstract: The influence of the initial addition of Pt on the microstructure and electrochemical properties of synthesized LiCoO2-based material was investigated. A small amount of Pt additive induces Li2PtO3 and Pt in matrix LiCoO2 to form a multi-phase composite. This multi-phase composite shows the improved rate performance and cycleability at high rate in comparison with the single-phase of LiCoO2. This behavior is attributed to the enhanced diffusion of Li ion in the LiCoO2 matrix, which can be demonstrated by galvanostatic intermittent titration technique.

Key words: LiCoO2-based multi-phase composite, Pt element additive, discharge rate, diffusion

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