Monday, 23 July, 2012
Nanoscale Porous Framework of Lithium Titanate for Ultrafast Lithium Insertion
J. M. Feckl, K. Fominykh, M. Döblinger, D. Fattakhova-Rohlfing, and T. Bein -
Angew. Chem. Int. Edition, Vol. 51 (30), pp. 7459-7463 (2012)
Mesoporous lithium titanate has been prepared with a titanate morphology that leads to the fastest insertion of lithium. It features a gravimetric capacity of about 175mAhg1 and delivers up to 73% of the maximum capacity at up to 800C (4.5s) without deterioration over 1000 cycles. A key feature is a fully crystalline interconnected porous framework composed of spinel nanocrystals of only a few nanometers in size. Scale bar: 10nm.