Low‐Temperature Synthesis of LiNiO2 : Reaction Mechanism, Stability, and Electrochemical Properties

Autor: Maria Rosa Palacín, N. Sac‐Epée, Dominique Larcher, Glenn G. Amatucci, A. Audemer, J. M. Tarascon
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 144:4226-4236
ISSN: 1945-7111
0013-4651
DOI: 10.1149/1.1838171
Popis: A thorough study was made concerning the formation of LiNiO{sub 2} by a low-temperature ion-exchange reaction under hydrothermal conditions. LiNiO{sub 2} with a low degree of cationic mixing and good electrochemical performance was prepared either from pure {beta}-NiOOH, {gamma}-NiOOH, or a mixture of both where the {gamma} phase was the majority. The synthesized product (LT-LiNiO{sub 2}) presents electrochemical properties similar to LiNiO{sub 2} prepared by conventional powder synthesis (HT-LiNiO{sub 2}) in spite of the difference in Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) surfaces, around 20 m{sup 2}/g for LT-LiNiO{sub 2} and 0.7 m{sup 2}/g for HT-LiNiO{sub 2}. This moisture instability was found (1) to be intrinsic to LiNiO{sub 2}, since ground HT-LiNiO{sub 2} samples presented a similar behavior, (2) to be enhanced by decreasing the LiNiO{sub 2} particle size, and (3) to be much larger than that of LiCoO{sub 2}. In view of electrochemical applications, cobalt-substituted products should be used in order to ensure the stability against both reduction-delithiation and hydrolysis.
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