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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

The Surface Coating of Commercial LiFePO4 by Utilizing ZIF-8 for High Electrochemical Performance Lithium Ion Battery

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0154-4
XiaoLong Xu
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
CongYu Qi
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
ZhenDong Hao
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
Hao Wang
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
JinTing Jiu
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
JingBing Liu
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
Hui Yan
The College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, People’s Republic of China
Katsuaki Suganuma
The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Corresponding Author: Hao Wang

haowang@bjut.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018), Article Number: 1

Abstract

The requirement of energy-storage equipment needs to develop the lithium ion battery (LIB) with high electrochemical performance. The surface modification of commercial LiFePO4 (LFP) by utilizing zeolitic imidazolate frameworks-8 (ZIF-8) offers new possibilities for commercial LFP with high electrochemical performances. In this work, the carbonized ZIF-8 (CZIF-8) was coated on the surface of LFP particles by the in situ growth and carbonization of ZIF-8. Transmission electron microscopy indicates that there is an approximate 10 nm coating layer with metal zinc and graphite-like carbon on the surface of LFP/CZIF-8 sample. The N2 adsorption and desorption isotherm suggests that the coating layer has uniform and simple connecting mesopores. As cathode material, LFP/CZIF-8 cathode-active material delivers a discharge specific capacity of 159.3 mAh g−1 at 0.1C and a discharge specific energy of 141.7 mWh g−1 after 200 cycles at 5.0C (the retention rate is approximate 99%). These results are attributed to the synergy improvement of the conductivity, the lithium ion diffusion coefficient, and the degree of freedom for volume change of LFP/CZIF-8 cathode. This work will contribute to the improvement of the cathode materials of commercial LIB.


Highlights:


1 A surface modification layer, which has 10 nm with metal zinc and graphite-like carbon, was synthesized on commercial LiFePO4 (LFP) using ZIF-8.
2 As-prepared LFP/CZIF-8 possesses prominent electrochemical performances with a discharge specific capacity of 159.3 mAh g−1 at 0.1C and a discharge specific energy of 141.7 mWh g−1 after 200 cycles at 5.0C.

Keywords

LiFePO4 Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks-8 Surface coating Cathode Lithium ion battery
Xu, XiaoLong, CongYu Qi, ZhenDong Hao, Hao Wang, JinTing Jiu, JingBing Liu, Hui Yan, and Katsuaki Suganuma. 2017. “The Surface Coating of Commercial LiFePO4 by Utilizing ZIF-8 for High Electrochemical Performance Lithium Ion Battery”. Nano-Micro Letters 10 (1):1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0154-4.
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