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Eliseeva S. N., Levin O. V., Tolstopyatova E. G., Alekseeva E. V., Apraksin R. V., Rumyantsev A. M., Zhdanov V. V., Kondrat'ev V. V. Properties of LiFePO4-based cathode material with additions of conducting polymer for Li–ion batteries. Electrochemical Energetics, 2015, vol. 15, iss. 1, pp. 39-44. DOI: 10.18500/1608-4039-2015-15-1-39-44, EDN: UDFJHP
Properties of LiFePO4-based cathode material with additions of conducting polymer for Li–ion batteries
In this study, the electrochemical behavior and properties of the novel LiFePO4-based composite cathode material with a water-soluble binder LA-133 and a conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS (poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene: polystyrenesulfonate) as an aqueous dispersion were studied. Using the conductive polymer in combination with a water-soluble binder LA-133 allows to reduce the proportion of electrochemically inactive components (up to 10\%) and thus to increase its specific capacity for a given weight of the active material. The capacity values for the most promising cathode material obtained were 146 mA h/g (at 0.2C) and 141 mA h/g (at 1C).
Key words: lithium iron phosphate, poly-3,4-ehthylenedioxythiophene, Li-ion batteries, charge-discharge curves.
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