Cycle Stability of Dual-Phase Lithium Titanate (LTO)/TiO2 Nanowires as Lithium Battery Anode

Authors

  • Yillin Fan He School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney-2052 (Australia)
  • Dongzhi Yang Chu School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney-2052 (Australia)
  • Zhensheng Zhuo School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney-2052 (Australia)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47352/jmans.v1i1.8

Keywords:

anode, hydrothermal, lithium-ion battery, LTO-TiO2, nanowires

Abstract

This work studied cycle stability of dual-phase lithium titanate (LTO)/TiO2 nanowires as a lithium battery anode. Dual-phase LTO/TiO2 nanowires were successfully synthesized by hydrothermal method at various times lithiation of 10, 24, and 48 h at 80 °C. SEM images show that the morphology of dual-phase LTO/TiO2 is nanowires with a size around 100-200 nm in diameter. The XRD analysis result indicates nanowires main components are anatase (TiO2) and spinel Li4Ti5O12. The first discharge specific capacity of LTO/TiO2-10, LTO/TiO2-24, and LTO/TiO2-48 was 181.68, 175.29, and 154.30 mAh/g, respectively. After the rate capacity testing, the LTO/TiO2-10, LTO/TiO2-24, and LTO/TiO2-48 have been maintained at 161.25, 165.25, and 152.53 mAh/g separately. The retentions for each sample were 86.71, 92.86, and 89.79 %. Based on the results of electrochemical performance, increased LTO content helped increase samples cycle stability. However, the prolonged lithiation time also produced impurities, which reduced the cycle stability.

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2021-01-31

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Y. F. He, D. Y. Chu, and Z. Zhuo, “Cycle Stability of Dual-Phase Lithium Titanate (LTO)/TiO2 Nanowires as Lithium Battery Anode”, J. Multidiscip. Appl. Nat. Sci., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 54-61, Jan. 2021.

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