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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 97, Issue -, Pages 259-270Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.029
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Li2MnO3 nano-particles; Structure; Magnetic characteristics; Vibrational modes; Electrochemical activity
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In this work, we synthesized nano-particles (20-80 nm) of Li2MnO3 using the self-combustion reaction and studied the electrochemical activity of electrodes prepared from this nano-material at 30, 45, and 60 degrees C. It was shown that the first Li-extraction from nano-Li2MnO3 occurs at much lower potentials (by 180-360 mV) in comparison with micron-sized Li2MnO3 electrodes. This can be associated with the higher surface-to-volume ratio, much shorter the diffusion path and the increased surface concentration of the electrochemically active sites. On the basis of magnetic susceptibility studies of nano-Li2MnO3 we proposed a model of disordered surface layer, containing Mn3+ or Mn2+ ions, both at low spin state, at the surface of these nano-particles. From the results of structural analysis (by X-ray and electron diffraction and vibrational Raman spectroscopy) of galvanostatically cycled nano-Li2MnO3 electrodes in Li-cells we came to a conclusion of partial transition of layered LiMO2 to spinel-type ordering. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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