Synthesis of LiCoxMn2-xO4 by Low Temperature Solid-State Reaction for Cathode Material
LiCoxMn2-xO4 can serve as one of the main candidates for cathode materials for lithium batteries since they are abundant, low cost and environmentally friendly. This study aims to study the synthesis of LiCoxMn2-xO4 by low temperature solid-state reaction and its microstructure determination. Attention is paid more to the mole ratio of Co/Mn in LiCoxMn2-xO4. The compound was characterized by XRD, SEM-EDX, and BET while the analysis of LiCoxMn2-xO4 microstructure was carried out by Direct Method using winPLOTR package program and Diamond using XRD data. The series of LiCoxMn2-xO4 have well–developed cubic crystal structure with Fd3m phase, and the increase in the dopant does not change its structure. The lattice parameters and cell volumes of LiCoxMn2-xO4 tend to decrease with the increase in x values