Isothermal calorimetry investigation of Li1+xMn2-yAlzO4 spinel

W. Lu, I. Belharouak, S. H. Park, Y. K. Sun, K. Amine

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Abstract

The heat generation of LiMn2O4, Li1.156Mn1.844O4, and Li1.06Mn1.89Al0.05O4 spinel cathode materials in a half-cell system was investigated by isothermal micro-calorimetry (IMC). The heat variations of the Li/LiMn2O4 cell during charging were attributed to the LiMn2O4 phase transition and order/disorder changes. This heat variation was largely suppressed when the stoichiometric spinel was doped with excess lithium or lithium and aluminum. The calculated entropy change (dE/dT) from the IMC confirmed that the order/disorder change of LiMn2O4, which occurs in the middle of the charge, was largely suppressed with lithium or lithium and aluminum doping. The dE/dT values obtained did not agree between the charge and the discharge at room temperature (25 °C), which was attributed to cell self-discharge. This discrepancy was not observed at low temperature (10 °C). Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) results showed that the fully charged spinel with lithium doping has better thermal stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5837-5842
Number of pages6
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume52
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - May 25 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies, under Contract No. W-31-109-Eng-38. Also, the authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Z. Chen for material preparation.

Keywords

  • Calorimetry
  • Doping
  • Entropy change
  • Lithium ion batteries
  • Manganese spinel
  • Thermal safety

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