Electrochemical performance of Sol-Gel synthesized LiFePO{sub 4} in lithium batteries

Electrochemical Performance of Sol-Gel Synthesized LiFePO 4 in Lithium Batteries Yaoqin Hu,* Marca M. Doeff,* Robert Kostecki, † and Rita Finones* *Materials Sciences Division and Environmental Energy Technologies Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory University of California Berkeley, CA 94720, USA This work was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098. Y. H. would like to thank the Department of Chinese Education for financial support. Some of this work was previously presented as Abstract 121 at the 202nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Salt Lake City, UT October 2002.

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