ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
5 years ago

ε- and β-LiVOPO4: Phase Transformation and Electrochemistry

ε- and β-LiVOPO4: Phase Transformation and Electrochemistry
M. Stanley Whittingham, Fredrick Omenya, Fengxia Xin, Hui Zhou, Yong Shi
ε- and β-LiVOPO4 were synthesized from the same precursor at different temperatures in an air atmosphere. ε-LiVOPO4 is obtained at 400 and 700 °C. The 700 °C sample has better purity and crystallinity, but the 400 °C sample has a little better electrochemical performance due to its smaller particle size and the conducting carbon residue in the sample. β-LiVOPO4 is formed between the above two temperatures, which gives slightly lower capacity than that of the ε-LiVOPO4 sample, indicating higher kinetics of the lithium reaction for the ε phase than those of the β one. The phase transformation from ε to β then back reversibly to ε was also observed by ex situ X-ray diffraction. This thermal study verifies that ε-LiVOPO4 is the more stable phase for LiVOPO4; however, reaction kinetics control the phases formed at lower temperatures.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b07895

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07895

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