송준호·조우석·김영준
1서울대학교 화학생물공학부 전기화학 에너지 변환공정 연구센터
2전자부품연구원 차세대전지연구센터
Spherical lithium manganese oxide spinel, Li1.10Mn1.86Al0.02Mg0.02O4 was prepared by
wet-milling, spray-drying, and sintering process. In the spray-drying process, solid content in
slurry was varied from 20 to 30 wt%. In the sintering process, the precursors have been sintered
under air or O2 atmosphere. While the as-prepared samples exhibit excellent electrochemical
properties at room temperature, the discharge voltage profiles at 5.0C are very different
one from another. The origin for the difference especially at initial state of discharge is oxygen defect. The sample prepared in air has larger capacity related to the plateau at 3.3 V (vs. Li/
Li+) which is caused by the oxygen defects than the one prepared in O2. The difference of
discharge voltage profiles especially at the final state of discharge comes from different diffusion
rate of Li+ ions. The sample prepared from 30 wt% solid content of slurry shows twice
higher diffusion rate than the samples prepared from 20 wt% solid content, which is attributed
to better compactness between primary particles for the sample prepared from 30wt % solid
content than the one prepared by 20 wt%.
Keyword : cathode material; lithium manganese oxide spinel; spray-drying; rate-capability; diffusion rate