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Vesicular Li3V2(PO4)3/C hollow mesoporous microspheres as an efficient cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's Information Hongxia Sun,  Haoran Du,  Mengkang Yu,  Kuangfu Huang,  Nan Yu,  Baoyou Geng( )
College of Chemistry and Materials Science,Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Normal University, NO.189 South Jiuhua Road,Wuhu,241002,China;
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Li3V2(PO4)3, aerosol-spray-assisted approach, polyvinylpyrrolidone, vesicular hollow microsphere, electrochemical properties
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Aerosols CarbonCathodesLithium compoundsMesoporous materials MicrospheresVanadium compounds
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Vesicular lithium vanadium phosphate/carbon hollow mesoporous microspheres were fabricated using a facile polyvinylpyrrolidone-assisted aerosol-spray-assisted method and subsequent heat-treatment. While changing the content of polyvinylpyrrolidone, we found that carbon content was adjustable on the surface of lithium vanadium phosphate. By optimizing the carbon content among the composites, the electrochemical performance can be enhanced significantly. The results of electrochemical performance tests suggested that the samples exhibited good cycle performance and high discharge capability in the voltages between 3.0–4.8 V. The observed excellent electrochemical performances could be attributed to the proper content of carbon coating and the vesicular hollow mesoporous microsphere structure, increasing the transmission rate of lithium ions and reducing the structural change during charging and discharging effectively.


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Vesicular Li3V2(PO4)3/C hollow mesoporous microspheres as an efficient cathode material for lithium-ion batteries

Show Author's information Hongxia Sun, Haoran Du, Mengkang Yu, Kuangfu Huang, Nan Yu, Baoyou Geng( )
College of Chemistry and Materials Science,Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Normal University, NO.189 South Jiuhua Road,Wuhu,241002,China;

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Vesicular lithium vanadium phosphate/carbon hollow mesoporous microspheres were fabricated using a facile polyvinylpyrrolidone-assisted aerosol-spray-assisted method and subsequent heat-treatment. While changing the content of polyvinylpyrrolidone, we found that carbon content was adjustable on the surface of lithium vanadium phosphate. By optimizing the carbon content among the composites, the electrochemical performance can be enhanced significantly. The results of electrochemical performance tests suggested that the samples exhibited good cycle performance and high discharge capability in the voltages between 3.0–4.8 V. The observed excellent electrochemical performances could be attributed to the proper content of carbon coating and the vesicular hollow mesoporous microsphere structure, increasing the transmission rate of lithium ions and reducing the structural change during charging and discharging effectively.

Keywords: Li3V2(PO4)3, aerosol-spray-assisted approach, polyvinylpyrrolidone, vesicular hollow microsphere, electrochemical properties

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Received: 08 May 2019
Revised: 24 May 2019
Accepted: 05 June 2019
Published: 17 June 2019
Issue date: August 2019

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21871005 and 21471006), the Recruitment Program for Leading Talent Team of Anhui Province, the Program for Innovative Research Team of Anhui Education Committee, the Research Foundation for Science and Technology Leaders and Candidates of Anhui Province, the programs for Science and Technology Development of Anhui Province (No. 1501021019), and Anhui Normal University talent training program (No. 2014rcpy12).

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