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Pulsed Laser Deposition of Transition Metal Oxides for Secondary Batteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Kathryn A. Striebel ,
C. Z. Deng  and
E. J. Cairns
Kathryn A. Striebel
Affiliation:
Energy & Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
C. Z. Deng
Affiliation:
Energy & Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
E. J. Cairns
Affiliation:
Energy & Environment Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Abstract

Pulsed laser deposition has been used to prepare thin films of several complex metal oxides of significance in secondary batteries from a single stoichiometric target with a substrate temperature of 600°C in the presence of 200 mtorr O2. Films of the candidate bifunctional air electrocatalysts, for metal air batteries, Lao.6Cao.4CoO3, Lao.6Sr0.4CoO3, Lao.6Cao.4MnO3 and Lao.6Sro.4MnO3 were prepared on glassy carbon substrates. Glassy carbon was found to either erode during the ablation process (with the cobaltates) or cause film cracking after deposition because of its extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion.. The use of stainless steel substrates yielded 0.3μm-thick dense films of Lao.6Cao.4CoO3 and Lao.6Cao.4MnO3 which were suitable for electrochemical measurements in concentrated alkaline electrolytes. LiMn2O4 and LiCoO2 films were prepared at thickness' of 0.3μm and 1 5μm The 0.3μm-thick films delivered 176 mC/cm2-μm and 323 mC/cm2-μm for LiMn2O4 and LiCoO2, respectively, in 1M LiClO4/PC.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 393: Symposium W – Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion , 1995 , 85
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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