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Poster Session, Tuesday, June 15<br />

Theme A1 - B702<br />

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 Cathode Materials<br />

Burçak Eb<strong>in</strong>*, Sebahtt<strong>in</strong> Gürmen, Cüneyt Arslan<br />

Metallurgical and Materials Eng. Dept., Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul 34469, Turkey<br />

Abstract – LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 nanoparticles were synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method as a cathode material<br />

<strong>in</strong> lithium ion batteries. Stoichiometrically dissolved lithium, manganese and z<strong>in</strong>c nitrates <strong>in</strong> distilled water were used<br />

as precursor solution. The product characteristics, such as particle size and morphology, chemical composition,<br />

crystal structure and crystall<strong>in</strong>e sizes were <strong>in</strong>vestigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scann<strong>in</strong>g electron microscope<br />

(FE-SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS).<br />

Developments <strong>in</strong> electronically <strong>in</strong>dustry have<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased the demand of portable energy storage<br />

devices with low cost, environment friendly and<br />

high energy density. Lithium ion batteries have<br />

satisfied this demand to a greater degree than other<br />

battery systems. Although, the commercial cathode<br />

material for lithium ion batteries is layer structured<br />

LiCoO 2 , it has some drawbacks such as high cost,<br />

toxicity and <strong>in</strong>stability at high potential [1-3].<br />

Therefore, many researchers have been extensively<br />

study<strong>in</strong>g alternative materials that have high energy<br />

density and cycl<strong>in</strong>g performance [2-5].<br />

Among the promis<strong>in</strong>g candidates for the cathode<br />

materials, the sp<strong>in</strong>el LiMn 2 O 4 has economical and<br />

environmental advantages as compared to the<br />

layered compounds [6-7]. However, there is<br />

problem of capacity fad<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g charge/discharge<br />

cycl<strong>in</strong>g of the LiMn 2 O 4 cathode material due to<br />

fracture of the structure [1,3,6-8].<br />

Different studies realized to <strong>in</strong>crease the<br />

performance of this material by partial substitution<br />

of monovalent and multivalent cations for<br />

manganese ions [1,7]. It is reported that z<strong>in</strong>c dop<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to the LiFePO 4 cathode structure enlarge the lattice<br />

volume without any damage to structure and<br />

de<strong>in</strong>tercalation and <strong>in</strong>tercalation of the lithium ions,<br />

the doped z<strong>in</strong>c atoms protect the crystal [8]. In this<br />

study, z<strong>in</strong>c doped sp<strong>in</strong>el LiMn 2 O 4 structure to<br />

<strong>in</strong>crease the stability of the structure and sp<strong>in</strong>el<br />

structured LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 nanoparticles formed by<br />

ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method.<br />

Sp<strong>in</strong>el LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 cathode particles were<br />

fabricated by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method<br />

from mixer of lithium nitrate, z<strong>in</strong>c nitrate and<br />

manganese nitrate. Metal nitrates with atomic ratio<br />

Li:Zn:Mn=1:1/2:2 dissolved <strong>in</strong> a distilled water to<br />

prepare precursor solution and the total<br />

concentration of the total metal nitrates was 0.35<br />

mol/dm 3 . Aerosol droplets of the precursor solution<br />

was generated by ultrasonic atomizer with 1.3 MHz<br />

frequency, and then aerosol droplets was <strong>in</strong>troduced<br />

<strong>in</strong>to the furnace at 800°C by air carrier gas with the<br />

500 ml/m<strong>in</strong> flow rate. The pyrolyzed particles were<br />

calc<strong>in</strong>ated at 600°C for 2 h under air atmosphere.<br />

The crystall<strong>in</strong>e phase and size of the samples were<br />

<strong>in</strong>vestigated by X-ray diffraction. Scann<strong>in</strong>g<br />

electron microscope was used to determ<strong>in</strong>e particle<br />

size and morphology. Also, energy dispersive<br />

spectroscopy (EDS) was used to determ<strong>in</strong>e the<br />

chemical composition of the samples.<br />

Figure 1. SEM image of LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 nanoparticles<br />

Figure 1 shows that spherical LiZn 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4<br />

nanoparticles, nearly 50 nm particles size, were<br />

synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method. X-<br />

ray diffraction patterns <strong>in</strong>dicate that particles have<br />

sp<strong>in</strong>el structure with simultaneous 1:1 tetrahedral and<br />

1:3 octahedral cation order<strong>in</strong>g. Zn 2+ and half of the<br />

Li + cations occupy tetrahedral sites and Mn 4+ and<br />

other half of the Li + cations occupy octahedral sites<br />

<strong>in</strong> the structure.<br />

This study has been supported by ITU-BAP with<br />

a grant number 33242.<br />

*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author: eb<strong>in</strong>b@itu.edu.tr<br />

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(2004).<br />

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