Improvement of Discharge Capacity of <i>β</i>-Fe2(SO4)3-Type Li3V2(PO4)3 by Stabilizing High Temperature Orthorhombic Phase at Room Temperature

Abstract

Abstract The cathode performance of a lithium ion battery was investigated for β-Fe2(SO4)3-type Li3V2(PO4)3 and Li3(V1−xZrx)2(PO4)3 (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2). On TG-DTA measurements, Li3V2(PO4)3 exhibited two types of phase transition, while Li3(V1−xZrx)2(PO4)3 exhibited no phase transition. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis and conductivity measurements confirmed an evidence for the stabilization of the high temperature phase at room temperature. The discharge capacity of the Zr-substituted Li3(V1−xZrx)2(PO4)3 samples became much larger than that of the pure Li3V2(PO4)3 sample.