Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 18-26.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0604

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Research progress of modified-LiFePO4 as cathode materials for lithium ion batteries

PAN Xiaoxiao1,2(), ZHUANG Shuxin1,2(), SUN Yuqing1,2, SUN Gaoxing1,2, REN Yan1,2, JIANG Shengyu1,2   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering,Xiamen University of Technology,Xiamen 361024,China
    2. Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Applications of Fujian Province,Xiamen 361024,China
  • Received:2022-10-12 Online:2023-06-10 Published:2023-06-14

Abstract:

The recent research on modified lithium iron phosphate(LiFePO4) materials as lithium-ion electronic cathode materials was reviewed.Although LiFePO4 were considered to be the most promising cathode materials for lithium-ion power batteries due to their good stability,high safety and environmental friendliness,their inherent low electronic conductivity and lithium-ion diffusion coefficient deteriorated their electrochemical performance.The study on modification to improve their electrochemical performance was reviewed in this paper.The effects of four modification strategies including elemental doping,surface carbon coating,particle nanosizing and materials compositing on the electrochemical performance of LiFePO4 were analyzed.Then,the advantages and disadvantages of these four modification strategies were discussed.The analysis showed that the four modification strategies could effectively improve the Li-ion diffusion kinetics and electronic conductivity,but the surface carbon coating and particle nanosizing would conversely reduce the tap density of the materials,resulting in low energy density.Finally,the research direction to solve the existing problems was proposed that it would be a feasible method to develop a modification strategy with coexistence of battery and capacitive properties.

Key words: lithium iron phosphate, elemental doping, surface carbon coating, particle nanosizing, materials compositing

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