Electrochemical intercalation of lithium into graphitized carbons

doi:10.1016/0167-2738(95)00149-Z

Solid State Ionics

Volume 80, Issues 3–4, September 1995, Pages 291-298

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Abstract

The change of the carbon structure with electrochemical intercalation of lithium has been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. Graphitized carbons showed the first and the second stage structures clearly during the intercalation process. However, the layer spacing corresponding to the 1st stage structure of graphitized carbon was smaller than that of graphite. This is because the first stage structure of graphitized carbon is the mixed structure of lithiated graphite crystallites and lithiated turbostratic disordered layers. The lithium is mainly intercalated into turbostratic disordered layers above 0.1 V versus $Li Li^{+}$ , and intercalated into graphite crystallites rather than turbostratic disordered layers below 0.1 V versus $Li Li^{+}$ .

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Electrochemical intercalation of lithium into graphitized carbons

Abstract

J. Power Sources

J. Electrochem. Soc.

Synth. Met.

J. Electrochem. Soc.

Les Carbons

Phys. Rev.

J. Electrochem. Soc.

J. Electrochem. Soc.

Mat. Res. Bull.

J. Electrochem. Soc.