Patent ID: 8313863

Claim:
A process for the production of nanostructured olivine lithium metal phosphate particles comprising (a) dissolving a metal salt in a multivalent alcohol solvent having a high-boiling point wherein the metal of the metal salt is iron, manganese, cobalt, nickel, vanadium, copper, titanium or a mixture thereof and the dissolving in said solvent is at a first temperature to form a solution with said metal salt dissolved in the solvent, (b) subsequently adding a lithium salt, a phosphate salt, water and optionally a hydrolyzing agent to the solution such that a precipitate is formed, (c) heating the solution and precipitate to a second temperature higher than the first temperature such that the solution is dehydrated and the precipitate is crystallized to form the nanostructured olivine lithium metal phosphate, and (d) separating the lithium metal phosphate from the solvent.