Fast sodiation/desodiation reactions of electrochemically delithiated olivine LiFePO₄ in aerated aqueous NaNO₃ solution

By Vujković, Milica & Mentus, Slavko
Published in Journal of Power Sources NULL 2014

Abstract

By potentiodynamic polarization in saturated aqueous NaNO₃ solution, the composite LiFePO₄ /C was transformed completely to LiFePO₄ /C composite. The voltammograms of sodiated olivine were successfully recorded at the rate for two order of magnitude higher than reported for the same material in organic electrolyte. A high storage capacity amounting to 118 mAh g⁻¹ at a scan rate of 10 mV s⁻¹ was measured. The diffusion coefficients have been calculated via cyclic voltammetry and faster diffusion of sodium in comparison to lithium was found. This finding was confirmed also with the impedance measurements. The presence of dissolved oxygen in the electrolyte did not disturb the electrochemical behaviour of this composite material.

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