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Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2): A Potential Cathode Material for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries

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There are lots of scientific innovations taking place in lithium-ion battery technology and the introduction of lithium metal oxide as cathode material is one of them. Among them, LiCoO2 is considered as a potential candidate for advanced applications due to its higher electrochemical performance. But it suffers some problems related to storage efficiency, safety, and cost. To improve the properties of LiCoO2, there is a lot of research carried out in this field and mainly focuses on its structural modification. Implementing new synthetic approaches, such as electrospinning is found to be more attractive in recent years for developing nanomaterial with improved physical and chemical properties. Electrospinning is a low-cost and simple procedure for the fabrication of 1D nanostructure. Electrospun LiCoO2 nanostructures exhibit high specific surface area, short ionic and electronic diffusion pathways, and mechanical stability, which can enhance the specific capacity and thus the battery performance and safety. This chapter reviews different morphologies of electrospun LiCoO2 nanostructures, structural modification by coating, and different electrospun LiCoO2 composites.

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Thomas, A.P. et al. (2021). Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2): A Potential Cathode Material for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries. In: Balakrishnan, N.T.M., Prasanth, R. (eds) Electrospinning for Advanced Energy Storage Applications. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8844-0_16

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