Novel Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Based on a Cathode of Potassium-Cobalt(II) Octacyanomolybdate

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
E. Muñoz (Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso), V. Rojas, G. Cáceres, S. López (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso), E. Navarrete (Universidad de la Frontera), F. Herrera (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), Á. Caballero (Universidad de Cordoba), and J. L. Gomez-Camer (Universidad de Córdoba)
In this work, the influence of the synthesis parameters (concentration, temperature, and reaction time) on the electrochemical performance of potassium-cobalt(II) octacyanomolybdate (KCoOCM) as a cathode material for its application in lithium-ion batteries was studied. The compound was synthesized hydrothermally using a chemometric approach and characterized by different techniques (FESEM, XRD, TGA). The KCoOCM showed a change in its morphology from prismatic structures to nanorods according to the synthesis conditions. Additionally, there was an influence on the specific capacity as a function of the synthesis parameters, i.e., precursor’s concentrations, temperature, and reaction time. The capacity values reached by the material was 50 mAh g−1, which is close to the theoretical value of the KCoOCM (60 mAh g−1). The statistical method employed would allow finding a condition where it is possible to maximize the capacity value of the material, which has been scarcely studied in this area. Finally, the performance of a lithium-ion battery based on a cathode of KCoOCM is reported for the first time in literature.