Novel lithium iron based olivine phosphates as cathode materials for the development of new generation power batteries

Funding: 2010: $192,427
2011: $130,000

Project Member(s): Wang, G.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Linkage Projects)
Bezel (Changzhou) New Energy Science and Technology Company Limited
Ensoo Chemicals Co. Ltd, China

Start year: 2010

Summary: Global warming and climate change are a serious threat to our society today. We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using renewable energy for sustainable development. Battery technology is regarded as one of the green technologies that can be widely used to power vehicles and store energy. This project will develop new generation lithium ion power batteries using novel lithium iron based phosphate cathode materials. The success of the research will provide advanced rechargeable batteries for electric bicycles, electric motorcycles and hybrid electric vehicles, contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions.

Publications:

Su, DW, Liu, H, Ahn, HJ & Wang, GX 2013, 'Synthesis of Highly Ordered Mesoporous Co3O4 for Gas Sensing', JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 3354-3359.
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Wang, Y, Su, D & Wang, G 2013, 'The Effect of Carbon Coating on the Electrochemical Performance of Nanosized Li2FeSiO4 Cathode Materials', ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA A, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 279-282.
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Su, D, Ford, M & Wang, G 2012, 'Mesoporous NiO crystals with dominantly exposed {110} reactive facets for ultrafast lithium storage', Scientific Reports, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 924.
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Keywords: Lithium ion batteries, electrochemistry, power batteries, electrode materials, lithium iron phosphate, electric vehicles

FOR Codes: Functional Materials, Solid State Chemistry, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity, Energy Transformation not elsewhere classified, Renewable Energy not elsewhere classified, Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen), Energy storage (excl. hydrogen and batteries)

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