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An electrochemical study of lithium insertion into Cr(5-y)Ti(y)Se(8) (y = 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5) beyond the intercalation
Sylvio Indris1, Joseph Wontcheu, Wolfgang Bensch
1Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Abstract:
We studied the electrochemical reaction of lithium with the pseudo-layered compounds Cr(5-y)Ti(y)Se(8) (y = 1, 2, 3, 4, 4.5). About 16 Li ions per formula unit can be inserted reversibly corresponding to a specific capacity of about 500 mAh g(-1). The electrical potential where the discharge process occurs is decreasing monotonically with increasing titanium content y. The voltage of the discharge process can be adjusted via the titanium content between 0.8 and 0.35 V.
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