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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 104, Issue -, Pages 228-235Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.115
Keywords
TiO2; Li ion battery; Ionic liquid; Anodization; Self-organized; TiO2 nanotubes
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- DFG
- state of Thuringia (TMWAT by LEG Thuringen) [NanoBatt TNA VII-1/2012]
- European Union
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Amorphous and anatase TiO2 nanotube layers were synthesized by means of Ti foil anodic oxidation performed in ethylene glycol based electrolyte containing fluoride ions. A typical surface structure of TiO2 nanotubular layer, well aligned nanotubes with inner diameter of 70-100 nm and wall thickness of about 10-15 nm was obtained. Both amorphous and converted to anatase nanotube layers were mechanically stable and well adherent to the Ti current collector. The nanostructured Ti/TiO2 layers were tested as a current collector - anode material system for Li-ion intercallation in 1 M LiPF6 ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate (EC:DMC) and in 1-buthyl-1-methyl pyrrolidinium is (trifluoromethyl) sulfonylimide ([BMP][TFSI]) containing 1 M Li[TFSI]. The potential window of [BMP][TFSI] measured on Ti current collector remains not considerably influenced by addition of Li[TFSI]. The type of electrolyte does not influence the voltammetric behavior of the amorphous TiO2 nanotube layers, whereas in case of anatase there is a definite inhibition of the Li intercalation in 1 M Li[TFSI] [BMP][TFSI], expressed by increasing the peak-to-peak voltage difference between the Li insertion and de-insertion processes. The observed phenomenon is discussed in terms of viscosity difference between both electrolytes. TiO2 nanotube structures displayed a stable galvanostatic cycling, reaching the theoretical capacity of TiO2 structure and high current efficiencies in both Li ion containing media. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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