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Nanoparticulate TiO 2 (B): An Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Author(s) -
Ren Yu,
Liu Zheng,
Pourpoint Frédérique,
Armstrong A. Robert,
Grey Clare P.,
Bruce Peter G.
Publication year - 2012
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.201108300
Subject(s) - anode , lithium titanate , lithium (medication) , materials science , ion , battery (electricity) , lithium ion battery , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrode , physics , power (physics) , engineering , endocrinology , quantum mechanics , medicine , organic chemistry
Small but powerful : TiO 2 (B) with the smallest particle size yet reported (2.5×4.3 nm) has been synthesized (see TEM image). Its volumetric capacity to store lithium, and hence charge, as an anode in a lithium‐ion battery is greater than that of any other titanate at high rates (>1000 mA g −1 ).
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