Elucidating the Lithiation Process in Fe3-δO4 Nanoparticles by Correlating Magnetic and Structural Properties

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العنوان: Elucidating the Lithiation Process in Fe3-δO4 Nanoparticles by Correlating Magnetic and Structural Properties
المؤلفون: Ulusoy, Seda, Feygenson, Mikhail, Thersleff, Thomas, 1980, Uusimaki, Toni, Valvo, Mario, Roca, Alejandro G., Nogués, Josep, Svedlindh, Peter, Salazar-Alvarez, German
المصدر: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 16(12):14799-14808
مصطلحات موضوعية: iron oxide, lithiation, structural transformation, diffraction, magnetism
الوصف: Due to their high potential energy storage, magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles have become appealing as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. However, the details of the lithiation process are still not completely understood. Here, we investigate chemical lithiation in 70 nm cubic-shaped magnetite nanoparticles with varying degrees of lithiation, x = 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5. The induced changes in the structural and magnetic properties were investigated using X-ray techniques along with electron microscopy and magnetic measurements. The results indicate that a structural transformation from spinel to rock salt phase occurs above a critical limit for the lithium concentration (xc), which is determined to be between 0.5< xc ≤ 1 for Fe3−δO4. Diffraction and magnetization measurements clearly show the formation of the antiferromagnetic LiFeO2 phase. Upon lithiation, magnetization measurements reveal an exchange bias in the hysteresis loops with an asymmetry, which can be attributed to the formation of mosaic-like LiFeO2 subdomains. The combined characterization techniques enabled us to unambiguously identify the phases and their distributions involved in the lithiation process. Correlating magnetic and structural properties opens the path to increasing the understanding of the processes involved in a variety of nonmagnetic applications of magnetic materials.
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URL الوصول: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-227953
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18334
قاعدة البيانات: SwePub
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تدمد:19448244
19448252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.3c18334