?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.201911&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Study+on+electronic+structure+and+rate+performance+of+olivine+phosphate+cathode+materials&rft.creator=Zhang%2C+Yin&rft.subject=band+gap&rft.subject=battery&rft.subject=cathode+materials&rft.subject=DFT&rft.subject=electrochemistry&rft.subject=electronic+band+structure&rft.subject=lithium+ion&rft.subject=olivine+phosphates&rft.subject=surface&rft.subject=rate&rft.description=This+thesis+has+investigated+a+family+of+olivine+phosphate+battery+materials+using+various+spectroscopic+techniques.+The+research+has+demonstrated+that+the+surfaces+of+these+materials+display+nanoscale+Lithium+depletion.+The+differentiated+surface+layers+are+responsible+for+many+of+the+measured+properties%2C+which+have+so+far+been+mostly+attributed+to+the+bulk+of+the+compounds.+In+the+case+of+LiFePO4%2C+the+surface+layers+also+concentrate+the+dopants%2C+which+have+been+reported+as+beneficial+for+the+electrochemical+performance.+The+identified+surface+differentiation+seems+present+in+other+families+of+battery+materials.+Its+identification+provides+new+insights+on+particle+surface+design+for+performance+optimization.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2020&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F201911%2F1%2FYin_Zhang_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.201911&rft.relation=Zhang%2C+Yin+(2020)+Study+on+electronic+structure+and+rate+performance+of+olivine+phosphate+cathode+materials.+PhD+by+Publication%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F201911%2F&rft.identifier=Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty%3B+School+of+Chemistry%2C+Physics+%26+Mechanical+Engineering