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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 83, Pages 44124-44129Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06646d
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- Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program of Strategic Basic Research Programs from Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22107010] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Spinel-type lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) nanocrystals were synthesized at a low temperature with control of the basicity by a solvothermal method without any calcination processes. The Li-Ti-O precursor was produced under relatively high pH conditions (pH > 11) in the initial stage. The spinel phase was then formed through delithiation and dehydration from the precursor by lowering the pH of the system (pH < 10). The direct synthesis of the Li4Ti5O12 nanocrystals was achieved through self-control of the basicity using a two-phase system of water-ethanol and toluene-oleic acid. The Li4Ti5O12 crystals were formed from the precursor by decreasing the basicity. The average size of the nanocrystals prepared by the one-step method was ca. 13 nm, and the specific surface area was 158 m(2) g(-1). On the basis of the electrochemical measurement, the Li4Ti5O12 nanocrystals produced in a low-temperature solution system are applicable for an anode material of a lithium-ion rechargeable battery.
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