STRUCTURAL AND IONIC BOND STRENGTH INVESTIGATION USING PAULING ESB RULES OF NONSTOCHIOMETRIC SPINEL COMPOUNDS LixMn2O4 AND STOICHIOMETRIC Li1+yMn2-yO4, AS CATHODE MATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES

Document Type : Regular Paper

Authors

1 1Department of Chemistry, University of Esfahan, I. R. of Iran

2 Laboratory for Applied Inorganic Chemistry, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Abstract

In this paper we present our studies using Pauling electrostatic bond strength (ESB) rules for
structural behaviour, cation vacancies, relation between x, y, and the valence of cations and coordination
in spinel compounds LixMn2O4, 0<x<1 and Li1+yMn2-yO4, 0<y<1/3, which are of interest as the positive
electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

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