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First investigation of the electrochemical performance of γ-LiFeO2 micro-cubes as promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries

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The γ-LiFeO2 micro-cubes were synthesized using a simple solid-state method. Their electrochemical performance as anode material for lithium ion batteries was firstly investigated. Pure γ-LiFeO2 without nanosizing or carbon coating can deliver the first discharge capacity of 1055.3 mAh/g, and 611.5 mAh/g can be maintained after 50 cycles, around 80 % of the second discharge capacity. γ-LiFeO2 also demonstrates nice rate capabilities. These results indicate that γ-LiFeO2 is a promising anode material candidate for lithium ion batteries. The charge/discharge mechanism was also investigated.

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  1. Almost all the literature described the space group of α-LiFeO2 as Fm3m, however, Fm-3m should be the right assignment after careful check of the data from inorganic crystal structure data (ICSD), Pearson’s crystal data (PCD) and related literature

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21173183), the Higher Education Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. 15KJB150031), State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fund (No. 20150009), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and the Qing Lan project. We would also like to acknowledge the technical support received from the Testing Center of Yangzhou University.

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    Sheng-Ping Guo, Ze Ma, Jia-Chuang Li & Huai-Guo Xue

  2. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, People’s Republic of China

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Guo, SP., Ma, Z., Li, JC. et al. First investigation of the electrochemical performance of γ-LiFeO2 micro-cubes as promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 52, 1469–1476 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0441-3

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