Effect of Mg doping on electrochemical performance of Li_3V_2(PO_4)_3/C cathode material for lithium ion batteries

Li3Mg（2x）V（2-2x）（PO4）3/C（x=0,0.05,0.1,0.2） composites were synthesized by carbothermic reduction,using a self-made MgNH4PO4/MgHPO4 compound as Mg-doping agent.X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscope（SEM）,electrochemical performance tests were employed to investigate the effect of Mg doping on Li3V2（PO4）3/C samples.The results showed that a proper quantity of Mg doping was beneficial to the reduction of charge transfer resistance of Li3V2（PO4）3/C compound without changing the lattice structure,which led to larger charge/discharge capacity and better cycle performance especially at high current density.Li3Mg（2x）V（2-2x）（PO4）3/C sample with x=0.05 exhibited a better performance with initial charge/discharge capacity of146/128 mA·h/g and discharge capacity of 115 mA·h/g at 5C,while these two figures were 142/118 mA·h/g and 90 mA·h/g respectively for samples without Mg doping,indicating that a proper amount of doped Mg can improve the electrochemical performance of LVP sample.All of these proved that,as a trial Mg dopant,the synthesized MgNH4PO4/MgHPO4 compound exhibited well doping effect.

Synthesis and electrochemical performance of Li_(3-2x)Mg_xV_2(PO_4)_3/C composite cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

The Li3 2xMgxV2（PO4）3/C （x-=0, 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05） composites were prepared by a sol-gel method and characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and electrochemical measurements. The XRD results reveal that a small amount of Mg2＋ doping into Li sites does not significantly change the monoclinic structure of Li3V2（PO4）3, but Mg-doped Li3W2（PO4）3 has larger cell volume than the pristine Li3V2（PO4）3. All Mg-doped composites display better electrochemical performance than the pristine one, and Liz.94Mgo.03Vz（P04）3/C composite exhibits the highest capacity and the best cycle performance among all above-mentioned composites. The analysis of Li＋ diffusion coefficients in Li3V2（PO4）3/C and Li2.94Mgo.03V2（P04）3/C indicates that rapid Li＋ diffusion results from the doping of Mg2＋ and the rapid Li＋ diffusion is responsible for the better electrochemical performance of Mg-doped Li3V2（PO4）3/C composite cathode materials.

Synthesis and electrochemical performance of La-doped Li_3V_(2-x)La_x(PO_4)_3 cathode materials for lithium batteries

La-doped Li3V2-xLax（PO4）3 （ x = 0.01, 0.02, and 0.03） cathode materials for lithium ion batteries were synthesized by the microwave-assisted carbothermal reduction method （MW-CTR）. The structures and properties of the prepared samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction （XRD） and electrochemical measurements. The results showed that all the three Li3V2-xLax（PO4）3 samples had the same monocfinic structures and sharper diffraction peaks of the crystal plane compared with those of the undoped Li3V2（PO4）3. The initial charge/discharge specific capacity, coulomb efficiency, and discharge decay rate of all the three Li3V2-xLax（PO4）3 samples were superior to those of the undoped Li3V2（PO4）3 sample, and the Li3V1.98La0.02（PO4）3 sample exhibited the best features among the three La-doped Li3V2-xLax（PO4）3 samples. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy （EIS） demonstrated that the Li3V1.98Lao.02（PO4）3 sample had a lower charge transfer resistance and a higher Li ion diffusion coefficient compared with the undoped Li3V2 （PO4）3 sample.

Nano-Li3V2（PO4）3/C Synthesized by Thermal Polymerization Method as Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

A nano-Li3V2（PO4）3/C powder was successfully prepared by a thermal polymerization method. The particle sizes of the intermediate product powder and the final product Li3V2（PO4）3 are all less than 200 nm. The carbon is partially coated on the surface of Li3V2（PO4）3 particles and the rest exists between particles with a total carbon content of 4.6wt%. This nano-Li3V2（PO4）3/C sample shows a discharge capacity of 124 mAh/g with-out capacity fading after 100 cycles at 0.1 C in the voltage rang of 3.0-4.3 V. Excellent rate performance is also achieved with a capacity of 80 mAh/g at 20 C in 3.0-4.3 V and 100 mAh/g at 10 C in 3.0-4.8 V. This study suggests that the thermal polymerization method is suitable to synthesize nano-Li3V2（PO4）3/C materials.

PEG-combined liquid phase synthesis and electrochemical properties of carbon-coated Li_3V_2(PO_4)_3

The carbon-coated monoclinic Li3V2(PO4)3(LVP) cathode materials were successfully synthesized by liquid phase method using PEG as reducing agent and carbon source. The effects of relative molecular mass of PEG on the properties of Li3V2(PO4)3/C were evaluated by X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM) and electrochemical performance tests. The SEM images show that smaller size particles are obtained by adding larger and smaller PEGs. The electrochemical cycling of Li3V2(PO4)3/C prepared by both PEG200 and PEG20 k has a high initial discharge capacity of 131.1 mA·h/g at 0.1C during 3.0-4.2 V, and delivers a reversible discharge capacity of 123.6 m A·h/g over 30 cycles, which is better than that of other samples. The improvement in electrochemical performance is caused by its improved lithium ion diffusion coefficient for the macroporous morphology, which is verified by cyclic voltammetry(CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).

Research on Preparation of the Composite Materials LiFePO4-Li3V2（PO4）3

The article developed a lithium iron phosphate - composite cathode material of lithium vanadium phosphate. Using X-ray diffraction （XRD）, electronic scanning electron microscopy surface （SEM）, laser particle size analyzer, carbon and sulfur analyzer, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, etc. for the prepared composites were characterized and found the material is mainly crystalline structure of lithium iron phosphate, and lithium vanadium, wherein a small amount of impurities; finer particle size of the material, the particle size distribution is narrow and uniform, smooth particle surface, wrapping in good carbon composite with other materials prepared in comparison the case has a carbon content of about optimum conductivity. To assemble the material into a cell after the 0.1C, IC, 2C when and 5C, the first discharge capacity were 160,145,127 and 109 mA·h·g^-1, after 50 cycles, the discharge capacity of 162, respectively, 144,126 and 106 mA·h·g^-1, which showed good rate characteristics and cycle characteristics.

Nanocomposite LiFePO_4·Li_3V_2(PO_4)_3/C synthesized by freeze-drying assisted sol-gel method and its magnetic and electrochemical properties

Nano-sized LiFePO_4·Li_3V_2（PO_4）_3/C was synthesized via a sol-gel route combining with freeze-drying. X-ray diffraction results show that this composite mainly consists of olivine Li Fe PO4 and monoclinic Li3 V2（PO4）3 phases with small amounts of V-doped LiFePO_4 and Fe-doped Li_3V_2（PO_4）_3. The magnetic properties of LiFePO_4·Li_3V_2（PO_4）_3/C are significantly different from LiFePO_4/C. Trace quantities of ferromagnetic impurities and Fe_2P are verified in LiFePO_4/C and LiFePO_4·Li_3V_2（PO_4）_3/C by magnetic tests, respectively. LiFePO_4·Li_3 V_2（PO_4）_3/C possesses relatively better rate capacities and cyclic stabilities, especially at high charge-discharge rates.The initial discharge capacities are 136.4 and 130.0 mA h g^（-1）,and the capacity retentions are more than 98% after 100 cycles at 2C and 5C, respectively, remarkably better than those of LiFePO_4/C. The excellent electrochemical performances are ascribed to the mutual doping of V^（3＋）and Fe^（2＋）, complementary advantages of LiFePO_4 and Li_3V_2（PO_4）_3 phases, the residual high-ordered carbon and Fe_2P with outstanding electric conductivity in the nanocomposite.