Synthesis and characterization of silver/lithium cobalt oxide (Ag/LiCoO2) nanofibers via sol-gel electrospinning
Date
2013-05-21
Authors
Pourdeyhimi, Behnam
Khan, Saad A.
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Elsevier
Abstract
We report on the preparation and characterization of Ag/LiCoO2 nanofibers (NFs) via the sol-gel electrospinning (ES) technique. Ag nanoparticles (NPs) were produced in an aqueous polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) solution by using AgNO3 precursor. A viscous lithium acetate/cobalt acetate/polyvinylalcohol/water (LiAc/(CoAc)(2)/PVA/water) solution was prepared separately. A Ag NPs/PVP/water solution was prepared and added to this viscous solution and magnetically stirred to obtain the final homogeneous electrospinning solution. After establishing the proper electrospinning conditions, as-spun precursor Ag/LiAc/Co(Ac)(2)/PVA/PVP NFs were formed and calcined in air at a temperature of 600 degrees C for 3 h to form well-crystallized porous Ag/LiCoO2 NFs. Various analytical characterization techniques such as UV-vis, SEM, TEM, TGA, XRD, and XPS were performed to analyze Ag NPs, as-spun and calcined NFs. It was established that Ag NPs in the precursor Ag/LiAc/Co(Ac)(2)/PVA/PVP NFs are highly self-aligned as a result of the behavior of Ag in the electric field of the electrospinning setup and the interaction of Ag ions with Li and Co ions in the NE Ag/LiCoO2 NFs exhibit a nanoporous structure compared with undoped LiCoO2 NFs because the atomic radius of Ag is larger than the radius of Co and Li ion; thus, no substitution between Ag and Li or Ag and Co atoms occurs, and Ag NPs are located at the interlayer of LiCoO2 while some are left in the fiber.
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Chemistry, Physics, Nanostructures, Sol-gel growth, Crystal structure, Microstructure, Electrochemical performance, Surface-modification, Optical-properties, Cathode materials, Doped LICOO2, Lithium, Xps, Mechanisms, Films, Acid, Calcination, Cobalt, Crystal structure, Electric fields, Electrospinning, Ions, Lithium, Microstructure, Nanofibers, Nanostructures, Sol-gel process, Sol-gels, Analytical characterization, Electrospinning setups, Electrospinning techniques, Nanoporous structures, Polyvinyl pyrrolidone, Synthesis and characterizations, Viscous solution, Silver
Citation
Aykut, Y. vd. (2013). ''Synthesis and characterization of silver/lithium cobalt oxide (Ag/LiCoO2) nanofibers via sol-gel electrospinning''. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 74(11), 1538-1545.