Abstract
Highly-dispersed 10 wt% FePO4 (FP)-coated LiCo0.90Ti0.05PO4 (LCTP) was successfully synthesized within a multiwalled carbon nanotube matrix via our original ultracentrifugation process. 10 wt% FP-coated LCTP sample showed a higher discharge capacity of 116 mA h g−1 together with stable cycle performance over 99% of capacity retention at the 100th cycle in high voltage. A combination of TEM, XRD, XPS, and XAFS analyses suggests that (i) Ti4+-substitution increases the utilization of Co redox (capacity increase) in LCP crystals by suppressing the Co3O4 formation and creating the vacancies in Co sites, and (ii) the FP-coating brought about the Fe enrichment of the surface of LCTP which prevents an irreversible crystal structure change and electrolyte decomposition during cycling, resulting in the stable cycle performance.