Abstract
Carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4/C) composites were synthesized by conventional mechanical activation (MA) process and also by a modified MA process. Phase-pure particles were obtained of ∼100 nm size with a nano-meter thick web of carbon surrounding the particles. The composite prepared by the modified MA process shows good performance as cathode material in lithium cells at room temperature. A high performance was achieved at 0.1 C-rate with >96% utilization of the active material. A stable cycle performance even at higher C-rates was achieved with a cathode that has a total carbon content of only 12 wt%. The use of the modified MA process to synthesize LiFePO 4/C has promise to be an efficient process to decrease the total carbon content of the cathode, resulting in the enhanced energy density.
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