We report the synthesis and nanostructural development of polycrystalline and single crystalline LiFePO4 (LFP) nanostructures using a solvothermal media (i.e., water–tri(ethylene glycol) mixture). Crystal phase and growth behavior were monitored by powder and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, as well as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), while particle morphologies were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Initially, thin (100 nm) platelets of Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O (vivianite, VTE) formed at short reaction times followed by the nucleation of LFP (20 nm particles) on the metastable VTE surfaces. Upon decrease in pH, primary LFP nanocrystals subsequently aggregated into polycrystalline diamond-like particles via an oriented attachment (OA). With increasing reaction time, the solution pH further decreased, leading to a dissolution–recrystallization process (i.e., Ostwald ripening, OR) of the oriented polycrystalline LFP particles to yield evenly sized, single crystalline LiFePO4. Samples prepared at...