Abstract
The effect of surfactants on hydrothermal synthesis of LiCoPO4 was investigated in order to obtain small particles with high crystallinity. When the pH value of precursor solution was 5, cubic LiCoPO4 particles were obtained regardless of addition of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) after the hydrothermal treatment at 200 °C for 24 h. However, the size of particle that obtained from the precursor solution with CMC was much smaller than that obtained without CMC. This result suggests that addition of surfactant to the precursor solution is effective to control the particle morphology of resulting LiCoPO4.
