Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is a promising anode material in both electrified vehicle and stationary energy storage applications for its superior rate capability and ultra-long cycle life. However, its widespread automotive utilization is hindered by electrolyte decomposition and gassing issues during high temperature (55 degrees C or higher) exposure. The exa...
Co-doped Li4Ti5O12 (LCTO) anode material for lithium-ion battery was synthesized via a mechanic ball-milling activation and high temperature solid state reaction using CoCO3, TiO2 and Li2CO3 as raw material. The structure, morphology and electrochemical properties of LCTO sample are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electronic morp...
Aliovalently Ce3+-doped Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is firstly synthesized by a sol-gel method using Ce(CH3COOH)(3) as the dopant and CH3COOLi/(C4H9O)(4)Ti as starting materials. The structure and morphology of Ce3+-doped LTO with various doping level (Li4Ti5-xCexO12; x = 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20) are characterized by XRD, EDX, Raman, XPS, SEM and TEM. Pur...
Li4Ti5O12 spinet is a popular zero-strain negative insertion material capable of acting as a host for both Li+ and Na+ ions. For efficient electrochemical activity, it is key to produce Li4Ti5O12 spinet in nanoscale morphology with reduced diffusion barrier. Here, we report (ultrasonic) sonochemical synthesis as a novel energy-miser route to achiev...
Li4Ti5O12/NiO (LTO/NiO) composites with various NiO contents were prepared successfully as anode materials for high-performance lithium-ion battery. The preparation procedure consisted of high-energy ball milling, high-temperature calcination, and solution coating in succession. Several techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Te...
Destructive gas generation with associated swelling has been the major challenge for the large-scale application of Li4Ti5O12 (LTO)-based lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), especially when the LIBs work at high temperature. Here we report a new kind of Li4Ti5O12-rutile TiO2 (LTO-RTO) hybrid nanowire array electrode that can be cycled at elevated tempera...
Spheroidic spinel Li4Ti5O12 has been synthesized by a facile method and following calcinations at different temperatures. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) are used to characterize the structure and morphology of the as-prepared products. Galvanostatic method is used to test the electrochemical properties, and the resul...
Nanoporous Li4Ti5O12 (N-LTO) was prepared by sol-gel method using monodisperse polystyrene spheres as a template and followed by calcination process. The as-prepared N-LTO has a spinel structure, large special surface area, and nanoporous structure with the pore average diameter of about 100 nm and wall thickness of 50 nm. Electrochemical experime...
