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Synthesis and Characterization of Electrospun NANO LiMn2O4 for Cathode Material Application

Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Riverside Center (Hyatt Regency)

ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

In this work, LiMn2O4 powder synthesized by sol-gel method using tartaric acid as chelating agent was mixed with polyethylene oxide (PEO) to form a solution of LiMn2O4/PEO. The polyethylene oxide/lithium manganese oxides (LiMn2O4/PEO) solution in ethanol was electrospun to produce cathode nanofiber materials. The effect of different concentrations of LiMn2O4 (5%, 7% and 9%) on fiber formation was also studied. After calcination, nanoparticles of LiMn2O4 with less than 100 nm were successfully obtained. The structure and properties of fabricated electrospun LiMn2O4 nanofiber and nanoparticles were studied using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Electrospinning succeeded in forming clear interwoven spider web nanofiber with no bead formation. The results showed that the particle size increased with increasing LiMn2O4 content. Conductivity studies show that the very small particle size resulted in low conductivity performance. The cell with configuration Li/1M LiPF6 in EC/DMC/ LiMn2O4 has given an open circuit voltage (OCV) of ~ 3.0 V.