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Stabilization and Functionalization of P4332 Type LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 By Incorporation with Cu2+ Substitution and Characterization of Their Electrochemical Properties

Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Exhibit Hall H (San Diego Convention Center)
N. Zettsu (Department of Materials Chemistry, Shinshu University), H. Shiiba, K. Satoshi, and K. Teshima (Shinshu University)
We studied the phase stability of P4332-type LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4-d phase through the substitution of transition-metals by using ab initio DFT calculations as well as flux growth of their single crystals. Computational studies reveal that small quantities of Cu2+ substitution into Mn2+ site stabilizes LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4-d  crystalized into P4332 lattice as compared to that of Fd-3m. Furthermore, Cu2+ substitution enhances its electronic conductivity through the d-electron doping effect and reduces activation energy for the Li+ transfer. As predict computationally, flux grown LiNi0.49Cu0.01Mn1.49O3.62 single crystalline particle-based composite electrodes show flat plateau in their charge-discharge curves at around 4.7V (vs Li+/Li) arose from the Ni2+/Ni4+ redox couples, and showed higher specific capacity of ca. 140 mAh/g under operation with current density of 0.2 C. And cyclic voltammetry, Raman spectroscopy, TEM coupled with SAED, and Rietvelt confinement reveals the LiNi0.49Cu0.01Mn1.49O3.62 particles are crystallized into highly ordered P4332 lattice. Interestingly, C rate and high voltage capability are also enhanced significantly with no any assistance of additives. More than 70% of original discharge capacity is retained under operation with current density of 10C. And 96 % of original discharge capacity is retained after 100 cycle charge-discharge test with cut-off voltage of 4.8-3.5V.