In the present study, we have developed a simple and cost-effective approach for the synthesis of carbon coated LiFePO₄ wherein different carbon precursors were used to find out the suitable precursor for carbon coating. Initially, the appropriate amount of Li, Fe, and P precursors and carbon source (glucose/sucrose/fructose) were dissolved in ethanol solution followed by hydrothermal treatment at 180 °C to obtain carbon coated LiFePO₄. The structure and morphological analysis of carbon coated LiFePO₄ revealed the formation of thin and homogeneous carbon layer on crystalline single-phase LiFePO₄ particles with fructose used as carbon precursor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere, we report facile fabrication of Fe3O4-reduced graphene oxide (Fe3O4-RGO) composite by a novel approach, i.e., microwave assisted combustion synthesis of porous Fe3O4 particles followed by decoration of Fe3O4 by RGO.
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