PROCESS FOR PROTECTING ELECTRODE MATERIALS AGAINST MOISTURE

摘要

The invention relates to a method or process for modifying the surface of carbon-coated electrochemically active materials such as complex oxides like olivine-type cathode materials. For example, the surface of the carbon-coated material is modified in order to improve the hydrophobic properties thereof. In addition, specific groups can be grafted onto the carbon surface of the cathode material by means of diazonium chemistry, for example, by spontaneous grafting of aryl ions generated on-site by the diazotisation of an arylamine compound.