Ionics

, Volume 23, Issue 12, pp 3295–3302 | Cite as

LiFePO4 composites decorated with nitrogen-doped carbon as superior cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

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Abstract

The development of methods to synthesize electrode materials can improve the performance of lithium ion storage. In this study, a facile and low-cost approach is employed to synthesize LiFePO4 (LFP/NC) hybrid materials decorated with nitrogen-doped carbon nanomaterials (NC). Melamine was used as nitrogen and carbon source with an NC to LFP ratio of 3.19%. As electrode materials for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), the LFP/NC composites exhibit an optimum performance with a high rate capacity of 144.6 mAh·g−1 at 1 C after 500 cycles without apparent loss. The outstanding cycling stability may be attributed to the synergetic effects of well-crystallized particles and NC layers.

Keywords

LiFePO4 Nitrogen-doped carbon Melamine Cathode material Lithium-ion batteries 
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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21301054 and 51402096) and the Program for Scientific and Technological Innovation Team of Hubei Province (T201517).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.College of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHubei Engineering UniversityXiaoganChina
  2. 2.State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanChina
  3. 3.Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional MoleculesHubei UniversityWuhanChina

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