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Synthesis and electrochemical performance of Li2FeSiO4/C cathode material using ascorbic acid as an additive

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Carbon-coated Li2FeSiO4 composite (LFS/C-AA) was synthesized via a refluxing-assisted solid-state reaction by using ascorbic acid as additive and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy, galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements, and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) tests. The results show that ascorbic acid can to some extent prohibit the oxidation of Fe2+ during the synthesis process, and the pyrolytic carbon from ascorbic acid shows higher electronic conductivity and improves the degree of graphitization of residual carbon in the LFS/C-AA composite. Compared with LFS/C prepared without ascorbic acid, LFS/C-AA displays better electrochemical performance. The desirable property is attributed to the reduced particle size, the enhanced electronic conductivity, and the improved diffusion coefficient of lithium ions.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (51302153, 51302152, 51272128); the Key Project of Hubei Provincial Department of Education (D20131303); the Opening Project of CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion (CKEM131404); the Scientific Fund of China Three Gorges University (KJ2012B043); and the Research Innovation Foundation of Master Dissertation of China Three Gorges University (2013CX028). Moreover, the authors are grateful to Dr. Jianlin Li at Three Gorges University for his kind support to our research.

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  1. College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Three Gorges University, 8 Daxue Road, Yichang, 443002, Hubei, China

    Ming Li, Lu-Lu Zhang, Xue-Lin Yang, Hua-Bin Sun, Shi-Bing Ni & Hua-Chao Tao

  2. College of Mechanical & Power Engineering, China Three Gorges University, 8 Daxue Road, Yichang, 443002, Hubei, China

    Ming Li

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China

    Lu-Lu Zhang

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, Hubei, China

    Yun-Hui Huang

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Li, M., Zhang, LL., Yang, XL. et al. Synthesis and electrochemical performance of Li2FeSiO4/C cathode material using ascorbic acid as an additive. J Solid State Electrochem 19, 415–421 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2603-z

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