With the number of decommissioned electric vehicles increasing annually,a large amount of discarded power battery cathode material is in urgent need of treatment.However,common leaching methods for recovering metal sa...With the number of decommissioned electric vehicles increasing annually,a large amount of discarded power battery cathode material is in urgent need of treatment.However,common leaching methods for recovering metal salts are economically inefficient and polluting.Meanwhile,the recycled material obtained by lithium remediation alone has limited performance in cycling stability.Herein,a short method of solid-phase reduction is developed to recover spent LiFePO4 by simultaneously introducing Mg2+ions for hetero-atom doping.Issues of particle agglomeration,carbon layer breakage,lithium loss,and Fe3+defects in spent LiFePO4 are also addressed.Results show that Mg2+addition during regeneration can remarkably enhance the crystal structure stability and improve the Li+diffusion coefficient.The regenerated LiFePO4 exhibits significantly improved electrochemical performance with a specific discharge capacity of 143.2 mAh·g^(−1)at 0.2 C,and its capacity retention is extremely increased from 37.9%to 98.5%over 200 cycles at 1 C.Especially,its discharge capacity can reach 95.5 mAh·g^(−1)at 10 C,which is higher than that of spent LiFePO4(55.9 mAh·g^(−1)).All these results show that the proposed regeneration strategy of simultaneous carbon coating and Mg2+doping is suitable for the efficient treatment of spent LiFePO4.展开更多
Besides Li＋ and Mg2＋, the electrochemical behavior of Na^＋ and K＋ in LiFePO4/FePO4 structures was studied since they naturally coexist with Li＋ and Mg2＋ in brine. The cyclic voltammogram （CV） results indicated...Besides Li＋ and Mg2＋, the electrochemical behavior of Na^＋ and K＋ in LiFePO4/FePO4 structures was studied since they naturally coexist with Li＋ and Mg2＋ in brine. The cyclic voltammogram （CV） results indicated that Na＋ exhibits some reversibility in LiFePO4/FePO4 structures. Its reduction peak appears at -0.511 V, more negative than that of Li＋ （-0.197 V）, meaning that a relatively positive potential is beneficial for decreasing Na＋ insertion. The reduction peak of K＋ could not be found clearly, indicating that K＋ is difficult to insert into the FePO4 structure. Furthermore, technical experiments using real brine with a super high Mg/Li ratio （493） at a cell voltage of 0.7V showed that the final extracted capacity of Li＋, Mg2＋ and Na＋ that can be attained in 1 g LiFePO4 is 24.1 mg, 7.32 mg and 4.61 mg, respectively. The Mg/Li ratio can be reduced to 0.30 from 493, and the Na/Li ratio to 0.19 from 16.7, which proves that, even in super high Mg/Li ratio brine, if a cell voltage is appropriately controlled, it is possible to separate Li^＋ and other impurities effectively.展开更多
Cathode material LiFePO4 of lithium-ion battery was synthesized by microwave heating. The "carbon-included" LiFePO4 with improved conductivity was synthesized by the addition of graphite. And the influence o...Cathode material LiFePO4 of lithium-ion battery was synthesized by microwave heating. The "carbon-included" LiFePO4 with improved conductivity was synthesized by the addition of graphite. And the influence of microwave-heating time on structure, morphology and charge/discharge performance of the products was discussed. The results of XRD, SEM, XPS, CV and charge/discharge testing measurements showed that the LiFePO4 product after 9 min in microwave oven had more advantages than other products.展开更多
Pure olive-type phased LiFePO4 powders were successfully synthesized b y hydrothermal processes. The samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction, sc anning electron microscopy and so on. Results showed that hydroth...Pure olive-type phased LiFePO4 powders were successfully synthesized b y hydrothermal processes. The samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction, sc anning electron microscopy and so on. Results showed that hydrothermal product w ere of pure olive-type phase with a relatively smaller particle size and regular er morphology compared with the products prepared by solid-state reaction and ba ll milling activation approaches. Charge/discharge curves at 0.5 C rate revealed that the hydrothermal products had a first discharge capacity of 124 mAh·g-1, and the capacity fading rate was only 10.7% after 50 cycles.展开更多
基金supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(No.2020SK2007)the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(No.2019JJ50814)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University(No.1053320211765)the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province of China(No.2017B030314046)Guangdong Academy of Sciences for Innovation Capacity Building(No.2016GDASRC0201).
文摘With the number of decommissioned electric vehicles increasing annually,a large amount of discarded power battery cathode material is in urgent need of treatment.However,common leaching methods for recovering metal salts are economically inefficient and polluting.Meanwhile,the recycled material obtained by lithium remediation alone has limited performance in cycling stability.Herein,a short method of solid-phase reduction is developed to recover spent LiFePO4 by simultaneously introducing Mg2+ions for hetero-atom doping.Issues of particle agglomeration,carbon layer breakage,lithium loss,and Fe3+defects in spent LiFePO4 are also addressed.Results show that Mg2+addition during regeneration can remarkably enhance the crystal structure stability and improve the Li+diffusion coefficient.The regenerated LiFePO4 exhibits significantly improved electrochemical performance with a specific discharge capacity of 143.2 mAh·g^(−1)at 0.2 C,and its capacity retention is extremely increased from 37.9%to 98.5%over 200 cycles at 1 C.Especially,its discharge capacity can reach 95.5 mAh·g^(−1)at 10 C,which is higher than that of spent LiFePO4(55.9 mAh·g^(−1)).All these results show that the proposed regeneration strategy of simultaneous carbon coating and Mg2+doping is suitable for the efficient treatment of spent LiFePO4.
基金Project(K1205034-11) supported by Technology Program of Changsha,China
文摘Besides Li＋ and Mg2＋, the electrochemical behavior of Na^＋ and K＋ in LiFePO4/FePO4 structures was studied since they naturally coexist with Li＋ and Mg2＋ in brine. The cyclic voltammogram （CV） results indicated that Na＋ exhibits some reversibility in LiFePO4/FePO4 structures. Its reduction peak appears at -0.511 V, more negative than that of Li＋ （-0.197 V）, meaning that a relatively positive potential is beneficial for decreasing Na＋ insertion. The reduction peak of K＋ could not be found clearly, indicating that K＋ is difficult to insert into the FePO4 structure. Furthermore, technical experiments using real brine with a super high Mg/Li ratio （493） at a cell voltage of 0.7V showed that the final extracted capacity of Li＋, Mg2＋ and Na＋ that can be attained in 1 g LiFePO4 is 24.1 mg, 7.32 mg and 4.61 mg, respectively. The Mg/Li ratio can be reduced to 0.30 from 493, and the Na/Li ratio to 0.19 from 16.7, which proves that, even in super high Mg/Li ratio brine, if a cell voltage is appropriately controlled, it is possible to separate Li^＋ and other impurities effectively.
文摘Cathode material LiFePO4 of lithium-ion battery was synthesized by microwave heating. The "carbon-included" LiFePO4 with improved conductivity was synthesized by the addition of graphite. And the influence of microwave-heating time on structure, morphology and charge/discharge performance of the products was discussed. The results of XRD, SEM, XPS, CV and charge/discharge testing measurements showed that the LiFePO4 product after 9 min in microwave oven had more advantages than other products.
文摘Pure olive-type phased LiFePO4 powders were successfully synthesized b y hydrothermal processes. The samples were investigated by X-ray diffraction, sc anning electron microscopy and so on. Results showed that hydrothermal product w ere of pure olive-type phase with a relatively smaller particle size and regular er morphology compared with the products prepared by solid-state reaction and ba ll milling activation approaches. Charge/discharge curves at 0.5 C rate revealed that the hydrothermal products had a first discharge capacity of 124 mAh·g-1, and the capacity fading rate was only 10.7% after 50 cycles.
