TY - GEN
T1 - Synthesis, structure, and electrochemical properties of Li 4Ti5O12
AU - Ramana, Chintalapalle V.
AU - Utsunomiya, Satoshi
AU - Ewing, Rodney C.
AU - Becker, Udo
AU - Zaghib, Karim
AU - Julien, Christian M.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Lithium titanium oxide (Li4Ti5O12) spinels are promising negative electrode materials for application in energy technology. In this work, we have synthesized Li4Ti5O 12 and investigated its structure, electronic properties, and electrochemical features using several analytical spectroscopy and microscopy-based techniques. The equally spaced fringe pattern indicated by the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) along with electron diffraction revealed that the grown Li4Ti5O12 is well crystallized in the spinel structure without any indication of crystallographic defects such as dislocations or misfits. The electronic structure determination using high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) coupled with compositional studies using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) indicated the excellent chemical quality of the Li 4Ti5O12. Under the optimal synthetic condition, the sample delivers a discharge capacity of 161 mAh/g at C/12. The good cyclability of Li4Ti5O12 is attributed to the small expansion (ΔV≈%) of the elementary unit-cell.
AB - Lithium titanium oxide (Li4Ti5O12) spinels are promising negative electrode materials for application in energy technology. In this work, we have synthesized Li4Ti5O 12 and investigated its structure, electronic properties, and electrochemical features using several analytical spectroscopy and microscopy-based techniques. The equally spaced fringe pattern indicated by the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) along with electron diffraction revealed that the grown Li4Ti5O12 is well crystallized in the spinel structure without any indication of crystallographic defects such as dislocations or misfits. The electronic structure determination using high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) coupled with compositional studies using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) indicated the excellent chemical quality of the Li 4Ti5O12. Under the optimal synthetic condition, the sample delivers a discharge capacity of 161 mAh/g at C/12. The good cyclability of Li4Ti5O12 is attributed to the small expansion (ΔV≈%) of the elementary unit-cell.
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U2 - 10.1557/proc-0973-bb05-09
DO - 10.1557/proc-0973-bb05-09
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:41549137945
SN - 9781604234213
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 37
EP - 42
BT - Mobile Energy
PB - Materials Research Society
T2 - 2006 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 27 November 2006 through 1 December 2006
ER -