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Synthesis and ionic conductivity of Li4Ti5O12

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Lithium titanate, Li4Ti5O12, has been synthesized by the Pechini process, citrate route, and EDTA-citrate route at various final annealing temperatures. The materials obtained have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, impedance spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry in combination with mass spectrometry of gaseous products. The samples prepared by the Pechini process and annealed at 1073 K had the lowest ionic conductivity. The highest ionic conductivity was offered by the materials prepared at 673 K.

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  1. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    I. A. Stenina, A. B. Il’in & A. B. Yaroslavtsev

  2. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 29, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. B. Il’in & A. B. Yaroslavtsev

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Stenina, A.B. Il’in, A.B. Yaroslavtsev, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 69–75.

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Stenina, I.A., Il’in, A.B. & Yaroslavtsev, A.B. Synthesis and ionic conductivity of Li4Ti5O12 . Inorg Mater 51, 62–67 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515010185

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