A review on microwave synthesis of electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

The applications of microwave processing of electrode materials for Li-ion batteries have been reviewed. This paper intends to insist at the advantages of the microwave processing and its credentials for commercialization. In order to achieve successive commercialization/ industrial application, a systematic understanding of the microwave processing becomes imperative. In the advent of this, an extensive study on the behavior of material in electromagnetic field has been presented. Microwave processing of various materials like lithium cobalt oxide, lithium manganese oxide, lithium nickel oxide, lithium titanium oxide and their derivatives, copper bismuth oxide, antimony sulfide, and tin oxide graphite has been reviewed in detail. Also, the dependence of microwave processing in operating frequency, geometry, preheating, soaking time, susceptor material, and single (or) multimode cavity has been reviewed.

Role of morphological characteristics on the conductive behavior of LaNiO3 thin films

“…As a result is taken to a rapid nucleation in the initial stage of the densification process allowing a fast mass transport across the grain boundaries. This process leads to an abnormal grain growth of LNO phase and, consequently, a morphology with high surface roughness and porosity due to the short time of the sintering process [25,26]. In summary, it is evident from our findings that microwave heating affects the morphology evolution of LNO phase, though it is not fully clear whether the densification process follows the classical mass transport mechanisms.…”

ChemInform Abstract: Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Perovskite Oxides

“…In the case of the microwave heating, energy is directly transferred to the material through an interaction at the molecular level with the electromagnetic field ( Figure 3). It has been argued that the way of energy transfer is in fact crucial in the synthesis of materials [11]. The depth that the radiation reaches varies depending on the material and other factors such as the dielectric and magnetic properties, the frequency and power of the microwave, temperature, conductivity, the size and the density of the material.…”

Synthesis and Properties of Cathode Materials xLi2MnO3 · (1−x)LiMn0.3Ni0.4Co0.3O2 for Li-Ion Batteries

“…1 Lithium ion battery has drawn considerable interest for its excellent performance such as light quality, high energy density and the power density between 100∼150 Whkg −1 . [2][3][4][5][6][7] Recently, the commercialization demand lithium batteries provide better electrochemical properties, such as release more energy in a short time, though lithium manganate and olivine-type lithium iron phosphate has been deemed as a candidate cathode material, their poor energy density is invariably the bottleneck of the lithium battery as a power source. Therefore it is a challenge for individuals who have to develop an electrode material which can provide higher energy density.…”