Solid State Ionics, Vol.112, No.3-4, 245-248, 1998
Improvement in the cycling performance of LiMn2O4 by the substitution of Fe for Mn
We tried to improve the cycling performance of LiMn2O4 by substituting Fe for Mn. LiFe0.25Mn1.75O4 is the optimum composition which has a relatively large discharge capacity and the largest discharge capacity at n = 30, and the smallest percentage of capacity deterioration at n = 30, especially with (C-1 - C-30) X 100/C-1 = 5.6%. The variation of discharge capacities for the LiFeyMn2-yO4 (y = 0.0, 0.1, 0.25, 0.38, and 0.5) with cycling can be well expressed by the following equation : C-n/C-o = e(-ktn) where C-n is the discharge capacity at nth cycle, C-0 the theoretical capacity, t=t(1) + t(2) + ... +t(n) (t(n) = discharging time at nth cycle), and k and n constants.
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