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Electrochemistry Of Liv3o8 Nanoparticles Made By Flame Spray Pyrolysis, T J. Patey, See How Ng, R Buchel, N Tran, F Krumeich, Jiazhao Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, P Novak Jan 2008

Electrochemistry Of Liv3o8 Nanoparticles Made By Flame Spray Pyrolysis, T J. Patey, See How Ng, R Buchel, N Tran, F Krumeich, Jiazhao Wang, Hua-Kun Liu, P Novak

Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)

LiV3O8 nanoparticles (primary particles with ca. 50 nm diameter) have been synthesized by flame spray pyrolysis (FSP). The powder was characterised by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and galvanostatic cycling. The initial discharge capacity of the LiV3O8 nanoparticles is 271 mAh g-1 when discharged from its open-circuit potential to 2.0 V vs Li/Li+ at a specific current of 100 mA g-1 under ambient conditions. The nanoparticles retained a specific discharge capacity of 180 mAh g-1 beyond 50 cycles. This paper describes the synthesis route as well as …


Characterization Of Nanosize Molybdenum Trisulfide For Lithium Batteries And Mos3 Structure Confirmation Via Electrochemistry, J. Wang, S. H. Ng, S. Y. Chew, D. Wexler, G. X. Wang, Hua-Kun Liu Jan 2007

Characterization Of Nanosize Molybdenum Trisulfide For Lithium Batteries And Mos3 Structure Confirmation Via Electrochemistry, J. Wang, S. H. Ng, S. Y. Chew, D. Wexler, G. X. Wang, Hua-Kun Liu

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Nanosize molybdenum trisulfide, MoS3, was synthesized in a polyoxyethylene(2) nonylphenyl ether/cyclohexane/water microemulsion by acidifying ammonium tetrathiomolybdate solubilized in the water cores of inverse micelles. MoS3 was also prepared by thermal decomposition for comparison. X-ray diffraction, TEM, and electrochemical testing characterized the molybdenum trisulfide. By comparing the cyclic voltammetry results on MoS3 and S electrodes in lithium cells, the conclusions about the structure of MoS3 from previous research work have been confirmed. That is, the molybdenum trisulfide molecules were not a mixture of MoS2 and elemental S. Molybdenum trisulfide exists as Mo3S9 clusters, which are, in turn, linked by bridging SS …