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Electrochemical Characteristics of Cr Added Li4Ti5O12 Prepared by Sol-gel Method

졸-겔법으로 합성한 Cr 첨가 Li4Ti5O12의 전기화학적 특성

  • Kim, Sun-Ah (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Cho, Woo-Ram (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jeong, Koo-Hyun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Cho, Byung-Won (Battery Research Center, KIST) ;
  • Na, Byung-Ki (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
  • Received : 2011.01.07
  • Accepted : 2011.01.28
  • Published : 2011.02.28
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Abstract

The electorchemical properties of $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ added with Cr was tested. The addition or substitution of atoms to $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ are expected to modify the crystal structure, and therefore to change the electrochemical performances of $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$. After the spinel structure $Li_4Ti_{5-x}Cr_xO_{12}$ (x = 0~0.2) were obtained via sol-gel method, the gel was heated in a muffle furnace at $800{\sim}850^{\circ}C$ for 12 h in air. The physical properties of the samples were characterized by TG-DTA, XRD, SEM, FT-IR, and the electrochemical properties were tested with battery cycler at 0.01~2.0 V range. The $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ exhibited 169.9 mAh/g at 1C and capacity recovery was 97.5% of the initial capacity at 0.1C. $Li_4Ti_{4.9}Cr_{0.1}O_{12}$ (Cr 1% added) showed best performance of 193.8 mAh/g at 1C and the capacity recovery was increased to 98.8% of the initial capacity at 0.1C.

Cr을 첨가한 $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$의 전기화학적 특성을 고찰하였다. 산화물에 금속원자가 치환될 경우에 결정구조가 변화되며, $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$의 전기화학적 특성이 변화하게 된다. 졸-겔법을 이용하여 $Li_4Ti_{5-x}Cr_xO_{12}$ (x = 0~0.2)를 제조하였으며, 전기로에서 $800{\sim}850^{\circ}C$로 공기중에서 12시간 동안 열처리하였다. 시료의 물리적인 특성은 TG-DTA, XRD, SEM, FT-IR을 사용하여 측정하였으며, 전기화학적인 특성은 0.01~2.0V의 범위에서 배터리충방전기를 사용하여 측정하였다. $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$는 1C에서 169.9 mAh/g의 용량을 나타내었으며, 0.1C로 변화되었을 경우에 초기용량의 97.5%를 나타내었다. $Li_4Ti_{4.9}Cr_{0.1}O_{12}$ 시료는 1C에서 193.8 mAh/g의 용량을 보였으며, 0.1C에서는 초기용량의 98.8%를 나타내었다.

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