Abstract
The anodic behaviour of various carbon black (CB) samples prepared by the oil furnace method has been investigated in 1 M LiPF 6 solution in ethylene carbonate-1,2-dimethoxyethane 50 50 (by volume). These CB samples had different macroscopic structures, though their microscopic parameters such as d 002 and L c remained constant substantially. The irreversible capacity at the initial reduction stage increased almost linearly with the BET surface area. The reversible capacity, on the other hand, showed no correlation with the BET area and was large for a highly aggregated coarse CB sample. The neck position connecting two primary CB particles was considered to be mainly active for the electrochemical insertion/extraction of lithium including effective electrolyte penetration on to the carbon surface.
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