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Characterization of Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion Batteries Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Published on: November 11, 2013
Characterization of a multicomponent lithium lithiate from a combined x-ray diffraction, NMR spectroscopy, and
Ann-Christin Pöppler1, Markus Granitzka, Regine Herbst-Irmer
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen (Germany).
Abstract:
An unusual lithium lithiate [Li(diglyme)2][(diglyme)Li2(C4H3S)3], made up from three carbanions, two lithium cations, and a single donor base molecule in the anion and a single lithium cation, coordinated by two donor base molecules, is investigated in a combined study including X-ray diffraction, NMR spectroscopy and computational approaches in solution and the solid state. While the multicomponent lithiate is the only species present in the solid state, solution NMR spectroscopy and computational methods were employed to identify a second species in solution. The dimer [(diglyme)Li(C4H3S)]2 coexists with the lithiate in solution in a 1:1 ratio, the more the higher the polarity of the solvent is. Only the combination of this multitude of methods provides a firm picture of the whole.
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