Progress in the lithium insertion mechanism in Cu3P

Autor: M. Morcrette, Marie-Liesse Doublet, Marie-Pierre Bichat, Laure Monconduit, Frédéric Favier, B. Mauvernay
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Ionics. 11:36-45
ISSN: 1862-0760
0947-7047
Popis: Copper phosphide, Cu3P has been synthesized using a ceramic route, and its electrochemical behaviour versus lithium has been studied studied galvanostatic and potentiodynamic measurements and in situ X-ray diffraction analysis. The insertion/extraction mechanism proceeds with the formation of at least three different LixCu3−xP (x=1, 2, 3) phases. The electrochemical behaviour of Cu3P samples obtained from ceramic and solvothermal syntheses are compared to further understanding of the complex redox mechanism occurring during insertion/extraction. First-principle electronic structure calculations show that discharge probably begins with the formation of a solid solution LixCu3−yP (x
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