Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Pure LiFePO₄ and Nanocomposite C-LiFePO₄ Cathodes for Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries

Table 1

Electrochemical properties of lithium iron phosphate cathode.

Synthesis route	C coating/C added (wt%)	Capacity (mAh/g)/(C rate)	Particle size (nm)
High-energy ball mill [3]	No/No	160 (C/10)
		104 (3C)
Microemulsion synthesis [6]	Yes/5	163 (C/10)	90–200 nm
		130 (2C)
Spray drying [19]	Yes/5.1	139.4 (C/5)	80–300 nm
		137.2 (1C)
		133.5 (5C)
		127.3 (10C)
Solution route [4, 16]	Yes/15	160 (C/10)	100–200 nm
		142 (C)
		120 (5C)
Solution route [24]	Yes/12	160 (C/2)	174 nm
		150 (1C)
		135 (5C)
		120 (10C)
Hydrothermal process [30]	Yes/15	140 (C/10)	0.5 𝜇m
		125 (C/2)
		110 (1C)
This work	No/8	63 (C/5)	200 nm
		43 (C/3)
		13 (C/2)
This work	Yes/8	163 (C/5)	200 nm
		144 (C/3)
		118 (C/2)
		70 (1C)