Croissance par pulvérisation cathodique d’un nanocomposite LiF-Cu et son application comme positive de batterie au lithium

摘要

The LiF-Cu nanocomposite reacting through the conversion reaction: Cu + 2 LiF→ CuF2 + 2 Li+ + 2 e- has been synthesized in order to be studied as positive electrodematerial for lithium battery. In order to perform this reaction in the solid state, the size of theLiF islands mustn't exceeds a few nanometers an the electric percolation through thethickness must be achieved. The technique used to obtain this nanostructuration is thealternated RF co-sputtering. In order to control the nanocomposite synthesis, the rate ofdeposition and the adatoms flux for each material have been measured using profilometryand ICP-OES. Their composition and morphology have been characterised by electronicalmicroscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, HRTEM, AFM), diffraction (XRD, SAED) and spectroscopy(EELS, XPS). Results have shown that the morphology was indeed made of nanometricislands of Cu and LiF. The nanocomposite electric conductivity is 5 order of magnitudehigher than the LiF one. The first tests have shown a high polarization typical of conversionmaterials and a poor cyclability.