Combinatorial Synthesis of Epitaxial LiCoO2 Thin Films on SrTiO3(001) via On-Substrate Sintering of Li2CO3 and CoO by Pulsed Laser Deposition

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• 作者：Shingo Maruyama ; Osamu Kubokawa ; Kohei Nanbu ; Kenjiro Fujimoto ; Yuji Matsumoto
• 刊名：ACS Combinatorial Science
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 13, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：18
• 期：6
• 页码：343-348
• 全文大小：463K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：2156-8944

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High-quality single-phase epitaxial LiCoO₂ thin films are synthesized on 0.5 wt % Nb-doped SrTiO₃(001) substrates by nanoscale alternate deposition of Li₂CO₃ and CoO as Li and Co sources, respectively, using a combinatorial pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique. The formation of LiCoO₂ thin films from these two sources results from the sintering reaction between Li₂CO₃ and CoO, which is commonly used in a bulk ceramics process, but simultaneously takes place on the substrate during the deposition at a temperature of 550 °C. Electrochemical characterization reveals that the charge/discharge property of LiCoO₂ thin films as a cathode is severely sensitive to the nominal Li:Co composition ratio. The best-quality film shows an excellent discharge capacity comparable with the characteristic capacity of LiCoO₂.