Vanadium Ferrocyanides as a Highly Stable Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Authors
- Nguyen, Thang Phan; Kim, Il Tae
- Issue Date
- Jan-2023
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- vanadium ferrocyanides; lithium-ion batteries; high voltage; Prussian blue; Prussian green
- Citation
- Molecules, v.28, no.2
- Journal Title
- Molecules
- Volume
- 28
- Number
- 2
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/87020
- DOI
- 10.3390/molecules28020461
- ISSN
- 1420-3049
- Abstract
- Owing to their high redox potential and availability of numerous diffusion channels in metal–organic frameworks, Prussian blue analogs (PBAs) are attractive for metal ion storage applications. Recently, vanadium ferrocyanides (VFCN) have received a great deal of attention for application in sodium-ion batteries, as they demonstrate a stable capacity with high redox potential of ~3.3 V vs. Na/Na+. Nevertheless, there have been no reports on the application of VFCN in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). In this work, a facile synthesis of VFCN was performed using a simple solvothermal method under ambient air conditions through the redox reaction of VCl3 with K3[Fe(CN)6]. VFCN exhibited a high redox potential of ~3.7 V vs. Li/Li+ and a reversible capacity of ~50 mAh g–1. The differential capacity plots revealed changes in the electrochemical properties of VFCN after 50 cycles, in which the low spin of Fe ions was partially converted to high spin. Ex situ X-ray diffraction measurements confirmed the unchanged VFCN structure during cycling. This demonstrated the high structural stability of VFCN. The low cost of precursors, simplicity of the process, high stability, and reversibility of VFCN suggest that it can be a candidate for large-scale production of cathode materials for LIBs.
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