Effect of Different Solvents on the Synthesis of d-Vanadyl Phosphate and Its Performance as Cathode for Li-ion Battery

• Main Authors: Bustam, Mohamad Azmi, Mohd Shariff, Azmi, Maitra, Saikat, Ishihara, Tatsumi
• Format: Article
• Published: 2010 The Indian Ceramic Society 2010
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3719/1/delta_vopo4_-solvent_effect.jpg; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3719/

In the present work d-vanadyl phosphate (VOPO4) was synthesized in the presence of different solvents like water, ethanol, diethyl ketone and 2-propanol. Role of these solvents on the Li-intercalation behaviour of synthesized d-VOPO4 has been studied. The solvents affected significantly the size of the crystallites and the level of impurities in the synthesized material. d-VOPO4 synthesized using water as solvent, possessed a significant Li-intercalation capacity ca., 124 mAh.g–1 at 3.7 V corresponding to 75% of its theoretical capacity. Among the organic solvents used, sample prepared using ethanol exhibited the highest Li intercalation capacity. Small amount of b-phase was observed in the synthesized d-VOPO4 (with phosphate/vanadium ratio of 2) using ethanol and Li-intercalation capacity of this phase was about 137 mAh.g–1, corresponding to 85% of the theoretical capacity. The capacity was found to be almost stable at 110 mAh.g–1 over 100 cycles.