title: Experimental and computational study of the electronic structural changes in LiTi2O4 spinel compounds upon electrochemical Li insertion reactions.
abstract: Electronic structural changes in LiTi(2)O(4) spinel compounds upon electrochemical lithium insertions were investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements and first principles calculations based on spin-polarized density functional theory. Ti K-edge, O K-edge XAS spectra and theoretical calculations indicate that oxide ions as well as titanium ions are involved in electronic structural changes caused by electrochemical lithium ion insertions. The considerable effect of the oxide ions in the early 3d transition metal (titanium) oxide system is discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
authors.forename: Wonkyung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ra
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchimoto
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wakihara
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004583:Electrons; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: C009495:titanium dioxide; D008094:Lithium; D014025:Titanium