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Ultrathin surface coatings for improved electrochemical performance of lithium ion battery electrodes at elevated temperature

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN: 1932-7447, Vol: 116, Issue: 22, Page: 11867-11876
2012
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Article Description

To enhance the cycling stability of LiMn O especially at elevated temperature, we use the atomic layer deposition (ALD) method to deposit ultrathin and highly conformal ZnO coatings (as thin as 0.34-1.7 nm) onto LiMn O cathodes with precise thickness-control at atomic scale. We prepare two types of ALD-modified electrodes: one is an electrode composed of ALD-coated LiMn O particles and uncoated carbon/polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) network; the other is ALD-coated LiMn O composite electrode. All ALD-modified LiMn O electrodes demonstrate significantly enhanced cycling performances than bare electrodes at both 25 and 55 °C. In particular, the electrode coated with 6 ZnO ALD layers (1.02 nm thick) shows the best cycling performances among electrodes coated with ALD films of different thicknesses at both 25 and 55 °C, indicating cycling performances of coated electrodes can be easily optimized by accurately tuning coating thickness via varying ALD growth cycles. Furthermore, an electrode consisting of LiMn O particles coated with 6 ZnO ALD layers and uncoated carbon/PVDF network shows even better electrochemical performances than an electrode coated with 6 ZnO ALD layers at both 25 and 55 °C. The enhanced electrochemical performances of ALD-coated cathodes are ascribed to the high-quality ALD coatings that are highly conformal, dense, complete, and thus effectively protect active material from Mn dissolution especially at elevated temperature. © 2012 American Chemical Society.

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Jianqing Zhao; Ying Wang

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Materials Science; Energy; Chemistry

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