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Aqueous processing of lithium-ion battery cathodes using hydrogen peroxide-treated vapor-grown carbon fibers for improvement of electrochemical properties

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The electrochemical behavior of aqueous processing lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) cathodes used hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-treated vapor-grown carbon fibers (VGCFs) as a conductive agent for lithium-ion batteries has been investigated and improved. The sedimentation experiments show that the dispersibility in water of H2O2-treated VGCFs is better than that of KS-6 (flaky graphite) or as-received VGCFs. This improvement is due to the surface chemistry of H2O2-treated VGCFs has become more hydrophilic that was evidenced by its significant shift of iso-electric point (I.E.P) from pH 6.7 to 5.0. As a result, the H2O2-treated VGCFs can be well-dispersed in the LiCoO2 electrode which was observed by scanning electron microscope. Furthermore, the rate capability results of electrodes show that addition with H2O2-treated VGCFs has better performance than that with KS-6 or as-received VGCFs.

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Funding for this study was provided by the National Science Council of the Republic of China under Grant No: NSC 95-2221-E-027-034.

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  1. Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC

    Jyh-Tsung Lee, Fu-Ming Wang & Chang-Rung Yang

  2. Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Yung-Ju Chu & Chia-Chen Li

  3. Department of Materials & Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Yung-Ju Chu & Chia-Chen Li

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Lee, JT., Chu, YJ., Wang, FM. et al. Aqueous processing of lithium-ion battery cathodes using hydrogen peroxide-treated vapor-grown carbon fibers for improvement of electrochemical properties. J Mater Sci 42, 10118–10123 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-007-2068-x

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