Abstract
This research studies the effect of pre-oxidation on physical and electrochemical properties of electrospun polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-derived carbon composites of cobalt phosphides by comparing carbonized non-pre-oxidized (NPO) and pre-oxidized (PO) samples used as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The X-Ray diffraction (XRD) patterns revealed the formation of CoP and Co2P in both samples while presence of amorphous cobalt metaphosphate for NPO and cobalt phosphate for PO was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrochemical performance of nanofibers was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge-discharge at different current densities. The results showed improved stability at high current densities (344.1 mAh g-1 at 5000 mA g-1), more significant charge capacity (599.6 mAh g-1 at 500 mA g-1) and higher initial Coulombic efficiency (CE%, 61.1%) for PO samples than NPO.
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