Novel Carboxylic Acid Solvolysis Route to Synthesis Electrode-active Nanostructured Spinel-Li_4Ti_5O_(12) for Lithium Batteries and Hybrid Capacitors

1 Results Nanostructured spinel-type Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) was prepared using Lewis acid base reaction technique involving a mixture of titanium β-diketonate and lithium nitrate as starting materials in the presence of aqueous citric acid as a solvolysis agent. The above method yielded a simple single step process without involving sol to gel conversion. The phase purity of the synthesized product after calcining at 800 ℃ for 24 h in air showed a spinel structure without any residual impurities. The nanostru...