Introducing Oxygen Vacancies in Li4Ti5O12 via Hydrogen Reduction for High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Modification of LTO
2.2. Material Characterization
2.3. Electrochemical Measurement
2.4. Density Functional Theory (DFT) Calculations
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Electrodes | Rs (Ω cm−2) | Rct (Ω cm−2) | σ | DLi+ (cm2 s−1) |
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LTO | 1.48 | 314.9 | 373.73 | 3.29 × 10−17 |
HLTO | 0.87 | 254.3 | 297.58 | 5.18 × 10−17 |
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Zhou, Y.; Xiao, S.; Li, Z.; Li, X.; Liu, J.; Wu, R.; Chen, J. Introducing Oxygen Vacancies in Li4Ti5O12 via Hydrogen Reduction for High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries. Processes 2021, 9, 1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091655
Zhou Y, Xiao S, Li Z, Li X, Liu J, Wu R, Chen J. Introducing Oxygen Vacancies in Li4Ti5O12 via Hydrogen Reduction for High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries. Processes. 2021; 9(9):1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091655
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Yiguang, Shuhao Xiao, Zhenzhe Li, Xinyan Li, Jintao Liu, Rui Wu, and Junsong Chen. 2021. "Introducing Oxygen Vacancies in Li4Ti5O12 via Hydrogen Reduction for High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries" Processes 9, no. 9: 1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9091655