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Title: Preparation and properties of manganese dioxide/polypyrrole composites as an active material for lithium secondary batteries

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OSTI ID:162912
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  1. Osaka Univ., Suita, Osaka (Japan). Dept. of Applied Chemistry

Composite powder of spinel LiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} and polypyrrole has been successfully prepared by injecting pyrrole into an HClO{sub 4} aqueous solution containing suspended LiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} powder which was used as an oxidizing agent for polymerization of pyrrole. The amount of LiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} in the composite increased with increasing the amount of the suspended oxide powder in the bath, whereas decrease in the amount of ClO{sub 4}{sup {minus}} dopant was observed. Charge-discharge tests of the resulting composite taken in a mixed solvent of propylene carbonate and 1,2-dimethoxyethane (1:1) containing 1 mol dm{sup {minus}3} LiClO{sub 4} revealed that polypyrrole of the composite worked well as an active material as well as a conducting network for the incorporated LiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4} powder. Elemental analyses of the charged and discharged composites showed that Li{sup +} cation alone was involved in the charge-discharge reactions of the LiMn{sub 2}O{sub 4}/PPy composite.

OSTI ID:
162912
Report Number(s):
CONF-950412-; ISBN 1-55899-296-0; TRN: IM9604%%16
Resource Relation:
Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 17-21 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion -- Batteries, capacitors and fuel cells; Doughty, D.H. [ed.] [Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; Vyas, B. [ed.] [AT and T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ (United States)]; Takamura, Tsutomu [ed.] [Rikkyo Univ., Tokyo (Japan)]; Huff, J.R. [ed.] [Ballard Power Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)]; PB: 463 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 393
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English