Issue 12, 2005

Electrochemical lithium reactivity with nanotextured anatase-type TiO2

Abstract

Anatase TiO2 particles were synthesized by a two-step method consisting of the preparation of a solid precursor through hydrolysis of titanium alkoxide followed by heat treatment at different temperatures under ambient air. This simple method led to a highly porous material with a 200 nm homogenous particle size, while the BET specific surface area and crystallite sizes evolved between 49 m2 g−1 to 223 m2 g−1 and from 17.0 nm to 6.3 nm, respectively. Their electrochemical performances clearly revealed the beneficial influence of the divided texture of anatase-type TiO2 on the reactivity with lithium, namely in terms of reversibility. Furthermore, we showed that the TiO2 texture strongly affects the extent of the solid solution domain. Finally, through a simple chemical titration it was possible to clearly quantify the capacitive/faradaic contributions of the electrochemical reaction.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical lithium reactivity with nanotextured anatase-type TiO2

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Oct 2004
Accepted
10 Dec 2004
First published
25 Jan 2005

J. Mater. Chem., 2005,15, 1263-1269

Electrochemical lithium reactivity with nanotextured anatase-type TiO2

G. Sudant, E. Baudrin, D. Larcher and J. Tarascon, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 1263 DOI: 10.1039/B416176A

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