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Study of the Process of Reversible Insertion of Lithium into Nanostructured Materials Based on Germanium

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Nanostructured germanium samples prepared by electrochemical deposition from aqueous solution of 0.05 М germanium oxide onto titanium substrate are tested as the negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries. The reversible capacity in the process of lithium insertion-extraction is found to be about 1180 mA h/g, which corresponds to the formation of Li3.05Ge alloy. The effective diffusion coefficient of lithium in germanium is shown to be 1.2 × 10–11 cm2/s. The degradation of the germanium electrode upon cycling at 0.6 С rate is less than 0.3% per cycle.

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  1. National Research University of Electronic Technology, Zelenograd, Moscow oblast, 124498, Russia

    I. M. Gavrilin, V. A. Smolyaninov, A. A. Dronov, S. A. Gavrilov & A. Yu. Trifonov

  2. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia

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

  3. Lukin Research Institute of Physical Problems, Zelenograd, Moscow oblast, 124498, Russia

    A. Yu. Trifonov

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Original Russian Text © I.M. Gavrilin, V.A. Smolyaninov, A.A. Dronov, S.A. Gavrilov, A.Yu. Trifonov, T.L. Kulova, A.A. Kuz’mina, A.M. Skundin, 2018, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 10S, pp. S31–S37.

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Gavrilin, I.M., Smolyaninov, V.A., Dronov, A.A. et al. Study of the Process of Reversible Insertion of Lithium into Nanostructured Materials Based on Germanium. Russ J Electrochem 54, 1111–1116 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193518120054

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