Issue 46, 2014

A metal foam as a current collector for high power and high capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries

Abstract

In this study, a three dimensional NiCrAl alloy foam was used as a current collector for high-power and high-capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries. A charge–discharge test revealed that at a high current rate, the electrode using a metal foam had better power performance and its capacity faded much less than in the case of a conventional foil-type current collector. The cyclic voltammetric analysis showed that the redox reaction occurred much faster in the case of the metal foam than in the case of the foil. The reason for this is that in the case of metal foam, the electrons transfer rapidly at the junction of the metal frame, the active material, and the electrolyte, but, in the case of foil, the electrons transfer relatively slowly between the foil current collector and the electrode surface of the active material. An impedance analysis showed that the charge transfer resistance was much lower for the metal foam than for the foil.

Graphical abstract: A metal foam as a current collector for high power and high capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jul 2014
Accepted
05 Sep 2014
First published
05 Sep 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 19648-19652

A metal foam as a current collector for high power and high capacity lithium iron phosphate batteries

G. F. Yang, K. Y. Song and S. K. Joo, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 19648 DOI: 10.1039/C4TA03890H

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