Issue 48, 2013

Finite size effects on the structural progression induced by lithiation of V2O5: a combined diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study

Abstract

Developing an understanding of the structural changes induced during the insertion of Li-ions into the layered framework of nanostructured V2O5 is necessary to unravel the origin of the dramatically increased power densities characteristic of nanostructured electrodes. In this work, we have contrasted the sequence of structural progressions induced within V2O5 micron-sized powders, hydrothermally grown nanowires, and CVD-grown nanoplatelet arrays as a function of chemical lithiation using powder diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy serves as a powerful and highly sensitive probe for investigating the local structure of the lithiated V2O5 phases. We note a profound size dependence of the structural progression with the kinetics of Li-ion uptake following: CVD-grown nanoplatelet arrays ≫ hydrothermally grown nanowires > micron-sized powders. For bulk powders, Raman spectroscopy indicates conversion to the α-phase at 30 s and to the ε-phase at 30 min. The ε-phase continues to grow in spatial extent for the remaining 2 h duration. In contrast, the hydrothermally grown nanowires convert to the α-phase after 30 s and have the ε-phase as the predominant surface species after just 1 min. The CVD grown nanoplatelets show a much accelerated response with the ε-phase nucleated within just 30 s and the Li-rich ε′-phase stabilized after 5 min. After 30 min of lithiation, these nanowires convert to the δ/γ phase and are subsequently irreversibly amorphized after 2 h. Chemical delithiation is seen to result in reversion to the α-phase for bulk and hydrothermally grown nanowire powders for chemical lithiations up to 2 h. In contrast, the unlithiated orthorhombic phase is recovered upon delithiation of the δ/γ-phase nanoplatelet arrays.

Graphical abstract: Finite size effects on the structural progression induced by lithiation of V2O5: a combined diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Sep 2013
Accepted
31 Okt 2013
First published
31 Okt 2013

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 15265-15277

Finite size effects on the structural progression induced by lithiation of V2O5: a combined diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study

G. A. Horrocks, M. F. Likely, J. M. Velazquez and S. Banerjee, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 15265 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA13690F

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