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Lithium Intercalation in Open‐Ended TiS 2 Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Chen Jun,
Tao ZhanLiang,
Li SuoLong
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200250573
Subject(s) - intercalation (chemistry) , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , lithium (medication) , materials science , homogeneous , nanotube , phase (matter) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , alkali metal , inorganic chemistry , transmission electron microscopy , chemistry , carbon nanotube , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , medicine , endocrinology , engineering
Filling the gaps : A low‐temperature solution route was employed to successfully prepare multiwalled TiS 2 nanotubes with open‐ended tips (see HRTEM image). The as‐prepared nanotubes could be intercalated with lithium atoms by treating a solution of the TiS 2 nanotubes with n BuLi. The resulting homogeneous intercalated phase of LiTiS 2 exhibited a c ‐axis expansion of approximately 10.5 % relative to the original TiS 2 material.