Gupta, D;
Muthiah, A;
Do, MP;
Sankar, G;
Hyde, TI;
Copley, MP;
Baikie, T;
... Dong, ZL; + view all
(2019)
Electronic and Geometric Structures of Rechargeable Lithium Manganese Sulfate Li2Mn(SO4)2 Cathode.
ACS Omega
, 4
(7)
pp. 11338-11345.
10.1021/acsomega.9b00356.
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Abstract
Here, we report the use of Li2Mn(SO4)2 as a potential energy storage material and describe its route of synthesis and structural characterization over one electrochemical cycle. Li2Mn(SO4)2 is synthesized by ball milling of MnSO4·H2O and Li2SO4·H2O and characterized using a suite of techniques, in particular, ex situ X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy on the Mn and S K-edges to investigate the electronic and local geometry around the absorbing atoms. The prepared Li2Mn-(SO4)2 electrodes undergo electrochemical cycles to different potential points on the charge−discharge curve and are then extracted from the cells at these points for ex situ structural analysis. Analysis of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (both near and fine structure part of the data) data suggests that there are minimal changes to the oxidation state of Mn and S ions during charge−discharge cycles. However, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis suggests that there are changes in the oxidation state of Mn, which appears to be different from the conclusion drawn from X-ray absorption spectroscopy. This difference in results during cycling can thus be attributed to electrochemical reactions being dominant at the surface of the Li2Mn(SO4)2 particles rather than in the bulk.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Electronic and Geometric Structures of Rechargeable Lithium Manganese Sulfate Li2Mn(SO4)2 Cathode |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsomega.9b00356 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00356 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes. For further information see: https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_termsofuse.html |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080610 |
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