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Synthesis and properties of Li2MnSiO4/C cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Carbon was coated on the surface of Li2MnSiO4 to improve the electrochemical performance as cathode materials, which were synthesized by the solution method followed by heat treatment at 700 °C and the solid-state method followed by heat treatment at 950 °C. It is shown that the cycling performance is greatly enhanced by carbon coating, compared with the pristine Li2MnSiO4 cathode obtained by the solution method. The initial discharge capacity of Li2MnSiO4/C nanocomposite is 280.9 mAh/g at 0.05 C with the carbon content of 33.3 wt%. The reasons for the improved electrochemical performance are smaller grain size and higher electronic conductivity due to the carbon coating. The Li2MnSiO4/C cathode material obtained by the solid-state method exhibits poor cycling performance, the initial discharge capacity is less than 25 mAh/g.

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  1. Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Yanchao Wang  (王燕超) & Shixi Zhao  (赵世玺)

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Yanchao Wang  (王燕超)

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51372136), and Shenzhen Basic Research Project (No. CYJ20130402145002372)

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Wang, Y., Zhao, S. Synthesis and properties of Li2MnSiO4/C cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 31, 945–949 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-016-1472-y

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