Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of a Novel Ternary Composite, Containing xLiFeO2, yLiCoO2, and [1 – (x + y)]LiNi1/2Mn1/2O2, Composites for Cathode Material in Lithium Ion Batteries (LIBs)

The objective of this research is to prepare a composite with lower cost and better cyclability than the other cathode materials in lithium ion battery. A ternary composition with high efficiency and low cost containing LiFeO₂ and LiNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂, was applied instead of pure LiCoO₂ to reduce usage of the percentage Co amount in cathode materials of LIBs, consequently a benefit would be yielded by reducing the cost of cobalt and also by removing its toxic effect in LIBs the environment will be safe. In this study, we synthesized ten samples from mixture of xLiFeO₂, yLiCoO₂, and (1 – x – y)LiNi_1/2Mn_1/2O₂ compounds for preparing suitable cathode electrodes with high initial discharge capacity, large cyclability and inexpensive cost instead of traditional cathode materials. As a result by using Raman Analysis, X-ray diffraction, and electrochemical analyzing, we found that the LiNi_1/6Mn_1/6Fe_1/3Co_1/3O₂ composite has high efficiency and best performance in viewpoint of initial capacity, cyclability, charge capacity, and discharge capacity among these ten composites.