Carbon Loaded Nano-Designed Spherically High Symmetric Lithium Iron Orthosilicate Cathode Materials for Lithium Secondary Batteries

Abstract

In the present study, Li2FeSiO4 (LFS) cathode material has been prepared via a modified polyol method. The stabilizing nature of polyol solvent was greatly influenced to reduce the particle size (~50 nm) and for coating the carbon on the surface of the as-mentioned materials (~10 nm). As-prepared nano-sized Li2FeSiO4 material deliver initial discharge capacity of 186 mAh·g−1 at 1C with the coulombic efficiency of 99% and sustain up to 100 cycles with only 7 mAh·g−1 is the difference of discharge capacity from its 1st cycle to 100th cycle. The rate performance illustrates the discharge capacity 280 mAh·g−1 for lower C-rate (C/20) and 95 mAh·g−1 for higher C-rate (2C).