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Study on LiFePO4 Composite Cathode Materials to Enhance Thermal Stability of Hybrid Capacitor

하이브리드 커패시터의 열안정성 개선을 위한 LiFePO4 복합양극 소재에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2016.10.20
  • Accepted : 2017.01.09
  • Published : 2017.04.01
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Abstract

The application of composite cathode materials including $LiFePO_4$ (lithium iron phosphate) of olivine crystal structure, which has high thermal stability, were investigated as alternatives for hybrid battery-capacitors with a $LiMn_2O_4$ (spinel crystal structure) cathode, which exhibits decreased performance at high temperatures due to Mn-dissolution. However, these composite cathode materials have been shown to have a reduction in capacity by conducting life cycle experiments in which a $LiFePO_4$/activated carbon cell was charged and discharged between 1.0 V and 2.3 V at two temperatures, $25^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$, which caused a degradation of the anode due to the lowered voltage in the anode. To avoid the degradation of the anode, composite cathodes of $LiFePO_4/LiMn_2O_4$ (50:50 wt%), $LiFePO_4$/activated carbon (50:50 wt%) and $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$ (50:50 wt%) were prepared and the life cycle experiments were conducted on these cells. The composite cathode including $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$ of layered crystal structure showed stable voltage behavior. The discharge capacity retention ratio of $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$ was about twice as high as that of a $LiFePO_4/LiMn_2O_4$ cell at thermal stability experiment for a duration of 1,000 hours charged at 2.3 V and a temperature of $80^{\circ}C$.

고온에서 Mn 이온 용출에 의한 성능저하를 보이는 스피넬 결정구조의 $LiMn_2O_4$ 양극 하이브리드 커패시터의 대안으로 열안정성이 높은 올리빈 결정구조의 $LiFePO_4$ 기반 복합양극 소재의 적용가능성을 연구하였다. $LiFePO_4$/활성탄셀을 이용한 1.0~2.3 V의 충 방전을 통한 수명평가에서 상온($25^{\circ}C$) 및 고온($60^{\circ}C$) 조건 모두에서 충 방전 사이클이 진행됨에 따라 음극(활성탄)의 저전압화에 따른 열화로 인한 용량저하 현상이 나타났다. 이의 해결을 위해 50:50 중량비율로 $LiFePO_4/LiMn_2O_4$, $LiFePO_4$/Activated carbon 및 $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$ 복합양극을 제조하여 모노셀 충 방전 실험을 수행한 결과, 층상구조의 $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$를 사용한 전극이 안정적인 전압거동을 보였다. 또한, 2.3 V 및 $80^{\circ}C$에서 1,000시간 부하를 통한 고온 안정성 실험에서도 $LiNi_{1/3}Co_{1/3}Mn_{1/3}O_2$ 복합양극이 상용 $LiMn_2O_4$ 양극에 비해 약 2배 가량 높은 방전용량 유지율을 보였다.

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