Alumina nanotubes containing lithium of high ion mobility.
We revealed the first example of a crystalline lithium aluminate nanotube with thermal stability prepared by a surfactant-driven hydrothermal procedure. The obtained nanotube showed an interesting structure unknown thus far for oxide nanotubes such as cylindrical bundles of lithium aluminate subnanotubules. These novel nanotubules had walls of crystalline lithium aluminate with a honeycomblike Al-O wall-network surrounding a central lithium core that forms a linear array of atoms and could be a promising solid ion conducting material.
Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon, 350-333, Republic of Korea.
Hae Jin
HJ
Kim
Hyun Chul
HC
Lee
Chang Houn
CH
Rhee
Soo Hyun
SH
Chung
Hee Cheon
HC
Lee
Kyung Hee
KH
Lee
Jae Sung
JS
Lee