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Electrochemical properties of Li4Ti5O12/C and Li4Ti5O12/C/Ag nanomaterials

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We have prepared and characterized lithium titanate-based anode materials, Li4Ti5O12/C and Li4Ti5O12/C/Ag, using polyvinylidene fluoride as a carbon source. The formation of such materials has been shown to be accompanied by fluorination of the lithium titanate surface and the formation of a highly conductive carbon coating. The highest electrochemical capacity (175 mAh/g at a current density of 20 mA/g) is offered by the Li4Ti5O12-based anode materials prepared using 5% polyvinylidene fluoride. The addition of silver nanoparticles ensures a further increase in electrical conductivity and better cycling stability of the materials at high current densities.

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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. Yaroslavtsev

  2. Higher Chemical College, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miusskaya pl. 9, Moscow, 125047, Russia

    A. N. Sobolev

  3. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31/4, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    A. A. Kuz’mina, T. L. Kulova & A. M. Skundin

  4. Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (National University of Science and Technology), Leninskii pr. 4, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    N. Yu. Tabachkova

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Stenina, A.N. Sobolev, A.A. Kuz’mina, T.L. Kulova, A.M. Skundin, N.Yu. Tabachkova, A.B. Yaroslavtsev, 2017, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 1063–1069.

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Stenina, I.A., Sobolev, A.N., Kuz’mina, A.A. et al. Electrochemical properties of Li4Ti5O12/C and Li4Ti5O12/C/Ag nanomaterials. Inorg Mater 53, 1039–1045 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168517100144

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