Deposits of clastic carbonate-dominated (calciclastic) sedimentary slope systems in the rock record have been identified mostly as linearly-consistent carbonate apron deposits, even though most ancient clastic carbonate slope deposits fit the submarine fan systems better. Calciclastic submarine fans are consequently rarely described and are poorly understood. Subsequently, very little is known especially in mud-dominated calciclastic submarine fan systems. Presented in this study are a sedimentological core and petrographic characterisation of samples from eleven boreholes from the Lower Carboniferous of Bowland Basin (Northwest England) that reveals a >250 m thick calciturbidite complex deposited in a calciclastic submarine fan setting. Seven facies are recognised from core and thin section characterisation and are grouped into three carbonate turbidite sequences. They include: 1) Calciturbidites, comprising mostly of highto low-density, wavy-laminated bioclast-rich facies; 2) low-density densite mudstones which are characterised by planar laminated and unlaminated muddominated facies; and 3) Calcidebrites which are muddy or hyper-concentrated debrisflow deposits occurring as poorly-sorted, chaotic, mud-supported floatstones. These

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2.1. Solvents 4307 2.1.1. Propylene Carbonate (PC) 4308 2.1.2. Ethers 4308 2.1.3. Ethylene Carbonate (EC) 4309 2.1.4. Linear Dialkyl Carbonates 4310 2.2. Lithium Salts 4310 2.2.1. Lithium Perchlorate (LiClO4) 4311 2.2.2. Lithium Hexafluoroarsenate (LiAsF6) 4312 2.2.3. Lithium Tetrafluoroborate (LiBF4) 4312 2.2.4. Lithium Trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiTf) 4312 2.2.5. Lithium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiIm) and Its Derivatives 4313

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Nonaqueous liquid electrolytes for lithium-based rechargeable batteries.

In the previous paper Ralph Brodd and Martin Winter described the different kinds of batteries and fuel cells. In this paper I will describe lithium batteries in more detail, building an overall foundation for the papers that follow which describe specific components in some depth and usually with an emphasis on the materials behavior. The lithium battery industry is undergoing rapid expansion, now representing the largest segment of the portable battery industry and dominating the computer, cell phone, and camera power source industry. However, the present secondary batteries use expensive components, which are not in sufficient supply to allow the industry to grow at the same rate in the next decade. Moreover, the safety of the system is questionable for the large-scale batteries needed for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Another battery need is for a high-power system that can be used for power tools, where only the environmentally hazardous Ni/ Cd battery presently meets the requirements. A battery is a transducer that converts chemical energy into electrical energy and vice versa. It contains an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte. The anode, in the case of a lithium battery, is the source of lithium ions. The cathode is the sink for the lithium ions and is chosen to optimize a number of parameters, discussed below. The electrolyte provides for the separation of ionic transport and electronic transport, and in a perfect battery the lithium ion transport number will be unity in the electrolyte. The cell potential is determined by the difference between the chemical potential of the lithium in the anode and cathode, ∆G ) -EF. As noted above, the lithium ions flow through the electrolyte whereas the electrons generated from the reaction, Li ) Li+ + e-, go through the external circuit to do work. Thus, the electrode system must allow for the flow of both lithium ions and electrons. That is, it must be both a good ionic conductor and an electronic conductor. As discussed below, many electrochemically active materials are not good electronic conductors, so it is necessary to add an electronically conductive material such as carbon * To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone and fax: (607) 777-4623. E-mail: stanwhit@binghamton.edu. 4271 Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 4271−4301

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Lithium Batteries and Cathode Materials

Electrolytes and interphases in Li-ion batteries and beyond.

Lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIB) have governed the current worldwide rechargeable battery market due to their outstanding energy and power capability. In particular, the LIB's role in enabling electric vehicles (EVs) has been highlighted to replace the current oil-driven vehicles in order to reduce the usage of oil resources and generation of CO2 gases. Unlike Li, sodium is one of the more abundant elements on Earth and exhibits similar chemical properties to Li, indicating that Na chemistry could be applied to a similar battery system. In the 1970s-80s, both Na-ion and Li-ion electrodes were investigated, but the higher energy density of Li-ion cells made them more applicable to small, portable electronic devices, and research efforts for rechargeable batteries have been mainly concentrated on LIB since then. Recently, research interest in Na-ion batteries (NIB) has been resurrected, driven by new applications with requirements different from those in portable electronics, and to address the concern on Li abundance. In this article, both negative and positive electrode materials in NIB are briefly reviewed. While the voltage is generally lower and the volume change upon Na removal or insertion is larger for Na-intercalation electrodes, compared to their Li equivalents, the power capability can vary depending on the crystal structures. It is concluded that cost-effective NIB can partially replace LIB, but requires further investigation and improvement.

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Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries: Potential Alternatives to Current Lithium-Ion Batteries

Raman spectra of birnessite manganese dioxides

4.3. Manganese Oxide-Based Compounds 1291 4.3.1. MnO2-Type Compounds 1291 4.3.2. Ternary Lithiated LixMnOy Compounds 1293 4.4. Vanadium Pentoxide V2O5 1298 4.4.1. V2O5 Structure 1298 4.4.2. LixV2O5 Bulk Phases 1300 4.4.3. LixV2O5 Crystallized Thin Films 1303 4.5. Titanium Oxide-Based Compounds 1305 4.5.1. Lithium Titanate Li4Ti5O12 1306 4.5.2. TiO2 Anatase 1308 5. Phospho-olivine LiFePO4 Compound 1312 6. General Conclusion 1314 7. Acknowledgments 1315 8. References 1315

Raman Microspectrometry Applied to the Study of Electrode Materials for Lithium Batteries

Raman microspectrometry has been used to investigate the local structural changes induced by the electrochemical lithium intercalation reaction in crystalline sputtered V2O5 thin films in a liquid electrolyte. Contrary to usual composite electrodes made of a mixture of active material and conductive and binding agents, the use of a pure V2O5 thin film allows a homogeneous Li insertion in the material and a high quality of Raman signatures to be obtained. The Raman spectra of LixV2O5 compounds for 0 < x < 1 are examined as a function of the lithium content and discussed in relation with the X-ray diffraction data pertinent to these h00-oriented thin films and literature data. An assignment of all Raman bands is proposed, and the Raman fingerprint of the ϵ-type phase, whose interlayer distance continuously increases with x, is clearly evidenced all along the Li insertion process: lithium ions rapidly produce an orthorhombic ϵ phase characterized by a vanadyl stretching mode at 984 cm−1 for 0 < x < 0.5, and ...

Raman Microspectrometry Study of Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation into Sputtered Crystalline V2O5 Thin Films

The concept of a hybrid nanostructured collector made of thin vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) decorated with Si nanoparticles provides high power density anodes in lithium-ion batteries. An impressive rate capability is achieved due to the efficient electronic conduction of CNTs combined with well defined electroactive Si nanoparticles: capacities of 3000 mAh g−1 at 1.3C and 800 mAh g−1 at 15C are achieved.

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Jean-Pierre Pereira-Ramos

Papers

Raman spectra of birnessite manganese dioxides

Raman Microspectrometry Applied to the Study of Electrode Materials for Lithium Batteries

Raman Microspectrometry Study of Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation into Sputtered Crystalline V2O5 Thin Films

High-Rate Capability Silicon Decorated Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for Li-Ion Batteries

Synthesis by a soft chemistry route and characterization of LiNixCo1−xO2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) cathode materials