Electrochemical insertion of lithium in mechanochemically synthesized Zn2SnO4

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Nov 21;13(43):19624-31. doi: 10.1039/c1cp22298h. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

Abstract

We studied the electrochemical insertion of Li in mechanochemically prepared Zn(2)SnO(4). The mechanism of the electrochemical reaction was investigated by using X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Changes in the morphology of the Zn(2)SnO(4) particles were studied by in situ scanning electron microscopy. The results were compared with mixtures of SnO(2) + ZnO and with Zn(2)SnO(4) prepared by conventional solid-state synthesis and showed that the mechanochemically prepared Zn(2)SnO(4) exhibits the best cyclic stability of these samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide / chemistry
  • Cobalt / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Lithium / chemistry*
  • Magnesium Oxide / chemical synthesis
  • Magnesium Oxide / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Manganese Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Manganese Compounds / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Oxides / chemical synthesis
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Tin Compounds / chemistry*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Manganese Compounds
  • Oxides
  • Tin Compounds
  • spinell
  • Magnesium Oxide
  • Cobalt
  • manganese oxide
  • Lithium
  • Aluminum Oxide
  • cobalt oxide