Nano Express
LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 thin film electrode by aerosol deposition
1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, ERI, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
2 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
3 Functional Materials Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Changwon, 641-831, South Korea
4 Centre for Clean Energy Technology, Department of Chemistry and Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
5 ReSEAT Program, KISTI, Daejeon, 305-806, South Korea
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:64 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-64
Published: 5 January 2012Abstract
LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 thin film electrodes are fabricated from LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 raw powder at room temperature without pretreatments using aerosol deposition that is much faster and easier than conventional methods such as vaporization, pulsed laser deposition, and sputtering. The LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 thin film is composed of fine grains maintaining the crystal structure of the LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 raw powder. In the cyclic voltammogram, the LiNi0.4Co0.3Mn0.3O2 thin film electrode shows a 3.9-V anodic peak and a 3.6-V cathodic peak. The initial discharge capacity is 44.6 μAh/cm2, and reversible behavior is observed in charge-discharge profiles. Based on the results, the aerosol deposition method is believed to be a potential candidate for the fabrication of thin film electrodes.
