Continuous flame aerosol synthesis of carbon-coated nano-LiFePO4 for Li-ion batteries

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 657-667

  Waser, Oliver ^a   Büchel, Robert ^a   Hintennach, Andreas ^b   Novák, Petr ^b   Pratsinis, Sotiris E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylene black; Cathode material; Coating; Lithium iron phosphate; Lithium ion battery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AEROSOLS; ANNEALING; CARBON BLACK; CARBONIZATION; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; CATHODES; COATINGS; FLAME SPRAYING; FUELS; FUNCTIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHTING; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

ACETYLENE BLACK; CARBON-COATED LIFEPO4; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; CORE SHELL PARTICLES; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FUEL-RICH CONDITIONS; LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATES;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACETYLENE; FUEL; LITHIUM; LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE; NANOCOATING; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; COATING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; IRON; LITHIUM; PYROLYSIS;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79960460028     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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