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- Magnetite nanoparticles are promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries due to their high potential energy storage, but the lithiation process is not fully understood.
- The study examines 70 nm cubic magnetite nanoparticles with lithiation levels of 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5, revealing a structural transformation from spinel to rock salt phase at lithium concentrations between 0.5 and 1.
- Magnetization measurements indicate the formation of antiferromagnetic LiFeO and highlight an exchange bias in the hysteresis loops, suggesting complex magnetic properties tied to the lithiation process.
Article Abstract
Due to their high potential energy storage, magnetite (FeO) nanoparticles have become appealing as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries. However, the details of the lithiation process are still not completely understood. Here, we investigate chemical lithiation in 70 nm cubic-shaped magnetite nanoparticles with varying degrees of lithiation, = 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5. The induced changes in the structural and magnetic properties were investigated using X-ray techniques along with electron microscopy and magnetic measurements. The results indicate that a structural transformation from spinel to rock salt phase occurs above a critical limit for the lithium concentration (), which is determined to be between 0.5< ≤ 1 for FeO. Diffraction and magnetization measurements clearly show the formation of the antiferromagnetic LiFeO phase. Upon lithiation, magnetization measurements reveal an exchange bias in the hysteresis loops with an asymmetry, which can be attributed to the formation of mosaic-like LiFeO subdomains. The combined characterization techniques enabled us to unambiguously identify the phases and their distributions involved in the lithiation process. Correlating magnetic and structural properties opens the path to increasing the understanding of the processes involved in a variety of nonmagnetic applications of magnetic materials.
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