Electrochemical characteristics of the negative electrode in lithium-ion batteries: Effect of structure and surface properties of the carbon material

Dependence of charge-discharge characteristics of the carbon electrode of a lithium-ion battery on crystallographic and macrostructural parameters of the carbon material and the on conditions of a preliminary treatment of this material are studied. The conclusion is drawn that, in order to obtain a carbon material that would be optimum for the negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries, it is necessary to couple technological expedients of various types that would take into account the opposite, by the results, action of various factors (in the first place, dispersion of carbon and an increase in the temperature of its thermal treatment) on such electrochemical characteristics of electrodes as the rate of a charge-discharge process and value of its coulombic efficiency. Characteristics of carbon materials, obtained on the basis of domestic raw materials, which ensure efficient operation of such electrodes, are presented.