Improvements of Li4Ti5O12 Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Chunfu Lin
Li4Ti5O12 is a promising anode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its good safety performance and excellent cyclic stability. However, it suffers from three problems of poor (electronic and ionic) conductivity, small capacity and gassing. This chapter reviews the characteristics, the crystal structure, the electrochemical performances and the improvements of Li4Ti5O12. An insight into future research directions for Li4Ti5O12 is also provided.
Keywords
Lithium-Ion Battery, Anode, Li4Ti5O12, LIB Improvement, Electrochemical Performance
Published online 3/16/2017, 17 pages
Copyright © 2016 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Chunfu Lin, ‘Improvements of Li4Ti5O12 Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries’, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 12, pp 77-93, 2017
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291272-4
The article was published as article 4 of the book Recent Advances in Energy Storage Materials and Devices
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