The study demonstrates that the introduction of the electrochemically inactive dielectric additive Li2TiO3 to LTO results in a strong decrease in the grain boundary resistance of LTO-Li2TiO3 (LTC) composites at a low concentration of Li2TiO3. With th...
Li2TiO3 nanopowders were synthesized by hydrothermal process using anatase TiO2 and LiOHH2O as raw materials. Li2TiO3 crystallizes in the layered monoclinic structure (space group C2/c) with average crystallite size of 34 nm. Morphology, elemental co...
During the past decades, fusion reactor fuels such as deuterium and tritium have been extensively investigated due to increasing interest in nuclear fusion energy. Tritium, which is scarce in nature, needs to be fabricated by tritium breeder material...
The interest in lithium-containing ceramics is due to their huge potential as blanket materials for thermonuclear reactors for the accumulation of tritium. However, an important factor in their use is the preservation of the stability of their streng...
In this work, (1-x)Li2TiO3-xLi4NbO4F ceramics were prepared by the conventional solid-state ceramic route. With the increase of Li4NbO4F content, the phase structure transformed from ordered monoclinic to disordered cubic. By increasing Li3NbO4F cont...
Li2TiO3 is one of the most significant breeder materials and has potential applications in future fusion reactors. Defect models with three types of lithium vacancies were considered to study the diffusion behavior of tritium in Li2TiO3 by the densit...
The precursor for a lithium-ion sieve is prepared using an inorganic precipitation-peptization method with titanium sulfate as the titanium source and lithium acetate as the lithium source. The effects of Ni2+ (Nickel ions) doping on the stability of...
A challenge in developing high-performance lithium batteries requires a safe technology without flammable liquid electrolytes. Nowadays, two options can satisfy this claim: all-solid-state batteries and aqueous-electrolyte batteries. Commercially ava...
In this study, a dual-phase Li4Ti5O12-TiO2 microrod was successfully prepared using a modified hydrothermal method and calcination process. The stoichiometry of LiOH as precursor was varied at mol ratio of 0.9, 1.1, and 1.3, to obtain the appropriate...
Mg2SiO4 holds promise for its application in the microwave communication field due to its low dielectric constant and high Q×f value. However, its high negative τf and high sintering temperature limit its application in low-temperature co-f...
A new composite microwave–dielectric system, (1 − x)Li2.08TiO3-xLi2ZnTi3O8 (x = 0.3–0.7), was systematically investigated to identify the optimal composition for low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) applications by correlating si...
This paper presents the results of determining the parameters of tritium transfer processes in lithium ceramics Li2TiO3 under reactor irradiation conditions. Analysis of sections with a short-term decrease in reactor power allowed numerical determina...
Using a solid-state reaction strategy, nominal Li3TiO3F oxyfluorides ceramics were fabricated, and its sintering behavior, microstructure, phase assemblages, as well as microwave dielectric performances were all investigated. The main phase of Li3TiO...
Anatase TiO2 are the most widely used photocatalysts because of their unique electronic, optical and catalytic properties. Surface chemistry plays a very important role in the various applications of anatase TiO2 especially in the catalysis, photocat...
High-nickel ternary LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 (NCM622) is a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high discharge-specific capacity and energy density. However, problems of NCM622 materials, such as unstable surface structure, lith...
The pursuit of efficient cathode catalysts to improve cycle stability at ultra-high rates plays an important role in boosting the practical utilization of Li-O2 batteries. Featured as industrial solid waste, coal gangue with rich electrochemical acti...
Herein, the spinel-layered cathode material Li1.33MnTiO4+z (0.8LiMnTiO4•0.2Li2Mn0.5Ti0.5O3) is investigated for the purpose of developing a high-capacity, low-cost, and environmentally friendly cathode for Li-ion batteries. Sol-gel synthesis is...
Vertically aligned Fe, S, and Fe-S doped anatase TiO2 nanotube arrays are prepared by an electrochemical anodization process using an organic electrolyte in which lactic acid is added as an additive. In the electrolyte, highly ordered TiO2 nanotube l...
(1-x)(Ba0.75Sr0.1Bi0.1)(Ti0.9Zr0.1)O3-x(Sb0.5Li0.5)TiO3 (abbreviated as BSBiTZ-xSLT, x = 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, 0.1) ceramics were prepared via a conventional solid-state sintering method under different sintering temperatures. All BSBiTZ-xSLT ceramics...
TiO2 nanotube layers (TNTs) decorated with Al2O3/MoS2/Al2O3 are investigated as a negative electrode for 3D Li-ion microbatteries. Homogenous nanosheets decoration of MoS2, sandwiched between Al2O3 coatings within self-supporting TNTs was carried out...
Micro-sized Li4Ti5O12 is attractive for fast-charging Li-ion batteries because its dense particles can improve electrode packing and reduce surface reactivity, but the long solid-state transport distance is expected to limit rapid Li+ storage. Here,...
In this research, we investigate the impact of Li doping on a TiO2 support, synthesized through the sol-gel method, with a focus on varying the aging time. Our objective is to elucidate how aging duration and doping influence the surface basicity, th...
LiTiO2 was prepared from tetraethoxy titanium and lithium ethoxide by a sol–gel process and then treated at 773 K and 973 K under oxygen atmosphere, respectively. Compared with LiTiO2 prepared at 973 K, LiTiO2 prepared at 773 K has better CO2 c...
This work reports on the synthesis of rare earth-doped Li4Ti5O12 nanosheets with high electrochemical performance as anode material both in Li half and Li4Ti5O12/LiFePO4 full cell batteries. Through the combination of decreasing the particle size and...
Conventional lithium-ion batteries with a limited energy density are unable to assume the responsibility of energy-structure innovation. Lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries are considered to be the next generation energy storage devices since Se catho...
In the late 1960s, the establishment of Prigogine’s dissipative structure theory laid the foundation for the (electro)chemical oscillation phenomenon, which has been widely investigated in some electrochemical reactions, such as electro-catalysis and...
In this work, SiC ceramics were successfully brazed at 900 °C using a composite brazing filler, and the effects of holding time and LiAlSiO4 addition on the interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties of the joints were systematically in...
Nowadays, low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology has become one of the main forms of manufacturing electronic devices. However, a majority of microwave dielectric ceramics are not suitable as LTCC materials due to their high sintering tem...
Mg2TiO4:Mn4+ (MTO:Mn4+) red phosphor has important applications in areas such as red LEDs and forensic science, but the preparation of MTO:Mn4+ through the solid-state reaction method requires a high sintering temperature. Herein, MTO:Mn4+ red phosph...
Chemiresistors based on thin films of the Li-doped CuO–TiO2 heterojunctions were synthesized by a 2-step method: (i) repeated ion beam sputtering of the building elements (on the Si substrates and multisensor platforms); and (ii) thermal annealing in...
Ti-doped truncated octahedron LiTixMn2-xO4 nanocomposites were synthesized through a facile hydrothermal treatment and calcination process. By using spherical aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (Cs-STEM), the effects of Ti...
A novel Li-impregnated TiO2 catalyst loaded on feldspar mineral (Li-TiO2/feldspar) was synthesized via a wet impregnation method and was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (...
Given its significant gravimetric hydrogen capacity advantage, lithium alanate (LiAlH4) is regarded as a suitable material for solid-state hydrogen storage. Nevertheless, its outrageous decomposition temperature and slow sorption kinetics hinder its...
In this study, force field-based simulations are employed to examine the defects in Li-ion diffusion pathways together with activation energies and a solution of dopants in Li2Ti6O13. The lowest defect energy process is found to be the Li Frenkel (0....
The operation of fusion reactors is based on the reaction that occurs when two heavy hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium, combine to form helium and a neutron with an energy of 14.1 MeV D + T → He + n. For this reaction to occur, it is nece...
The Li4Ti5O12/C composites were prepared by a hydrothermal method with in situ carbon addition. The influence of the morphology and content of various carbon materials (conductive carbon black, mesoporous carbon G_157M, and carbon replicas) on the el...
The development of anodes based on Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) for lithium ion batteries has become very important in recent years on the basis that it allows a long service life (stability in charge-discharge cycling) and safety improvements. The processing of...
The development of a simple and reliable strategy to synthesize cathode materials is crucial for achieving the overall high performance of rechargeable lithium batteries, which has proved to be quite challenging. Herein, we report a simple sol–...
We report on space-selective crystallization of congruent and polar Sr2TiSi2O8 crystals in a stoichiometric SrO-TiO2-SiO2 glass induced by (1030 nm, 300 fs) femtosecond laser irradiation. This allows us to compare with non-congruent laser-induced cry...
Graphite as a commercial anode for lithium-ion batteries has significant safety concerns owing to lithium dendrite growth at low operating voltages. Li4Ti5O12 is a potential candidate to replace graphite as the next-generation anode of lithium-ion ba...
As a multi-electron system material, the excellent capacity and environmentally benign properties of Li2FeTiO4 cathodes make them attractive for lithium-ion batteries. Nevertheless, their electrochemical performance has been hampered by poor conducti...
As a concept for electrode architecture in high power lithium ion batteries, self-supported nanoarrays enable ultra-high power densities as a result of their open pore geometry, which results in short and direct Li+-ion and electron pathways. Vertica...
One of the important areas of research in the energy sector is the study of the prospects for using new types of nuclear fuel, including tritium, which is one of the most promising types of fuel for thermonuclear energy. At the same time, for the pro...
Lithium-containing ceramics were significant tritium breeders for the fusion blanket concept, for which tritium release performance and mechanical properties serve as the core indicators for evaluating their performance as tritium breeders. The Li4Si...
At present, LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 (NCM) is a widely used material in the commercial market due to the easy control of the preparation process and usage environment. However, its capacity keeps fading when the cut-off voltage increases. In this research...
This paper reports the first structure refinement of natural wangdaodeite, LiNbO3-type FeTiO3 from the Ries impact structure. Wangdaodeite occurs together with recrystallized ilmenite clasts in shock melt veins which have experienced peak shock press...
LTO (Li4Ti5O12) has been highlighted as anode material for next-generation lithium ion secondary batteries due to advantages such as a high rate capability, excellent cyclic performance, and safety. However, the generation of gases from undesired rea...
Niobium-doped nanocrystalline Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is synthesized by the solid-state reaction method, and the influence of dopant concentration (x = 2–10 mol%) on microstructural and electrochemical properties is studied. The X-ray diffraction and Raman p...
Cobalt-free manganese-based lithium-rich layered oxides (LLOs) have garnered research attention as prospective lithium-ion cathode materials owing to their large specific capacity and low price. However, their large-scale application is hindered by t...
Nanostructured binary metal oxides have demonstrated the potential for increased electrochemical performance due to their structural stability, electronic conductivity, and various oxidation states. The Li4Ti5O12 was successfully synthesized via a hy...
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