Electrode properties of LiMnO (2/) for a lithium-battery cathode in several charge-discharge potential ranges

Nakao, Yasuhiro*; Ozawa, Kiyoshi*; Fujii, Hiroki*; Mochiku, Takashi*; Iwai, Hideo*; Tsuchiya, Yoshinori*; Igawa, Naoki   

LiMnO powder with a monoclinic cell related to the space group of 2/ was synthesized by a simplified coprecipitation method. Its electrode properties as a lithium-battery cathode were investigated in the charge-discharge potential ranges of 2.0 - 4.6, 2.0 - 4.8, and 2.0 - 5.0 V. In all the potential ranges, the electrochemical capacities gradually increased during cycling, and the increased capacities significantly depended on the potential ranges. Compared to the discharge capacities for the potential ranges of 2.0 - 4.6 and 2.0 - 5.0 V, the former merely increased from 12.5 to 22.5 mAhg between the 1st and 99th cycles, whereas the latter increased from 20.0 to 110.2 mAhg during the same cycling. The structural variation in LiMnO is induced by the cycling, the rhombohedral phase is detected during cycling in the potential range of 2.0 - 5.0 V.