Electrochemical performance of patterned LiFePO4 nano-electrode with a pristine amorphous layer

Abstract

A patterned LiFePO4 nanorod with a pristine amorphous LiFePO4 surface layer was fabricated by controlling the temperature gradient from the interior to the exterior layer in high-temperature annealing process through designing hierarchical multilayer electrode structure. The three dimensional patterned LiFePO4 nanorods were prepared using tobacco mosaic virus nanoforest arrays. The results indicate that the nano-electrodes nearly reached the theoretical capacity at a very low C rate even without conductive coatings. The amorphous LiFePO4 can fast transport the Li-ion to inside crystal LiFePO4, thus enhancing the rate capability.