title: A new active Li-Mn-O compound for high energy density Li-ion batteries.
abstract: The search for new materials that could improve the energy density of Li-ion batteries is one of today's most challenging issues. Many families of transition metal oxides as well as transition metal polyanionic frameworks have been proposed during the past twenty years. Among them, manganese oxides, such as the LiMn2O4 spinel or the overlithiated oxide Li[Li1/3Mn2/3]O2, have been intensively studied owing to the low toxicity of manganese-based materials and the high redox potential of the Mn(3+)/Mn(4+) couple. In this work, we report on a new electrochemically active compound with the 'Li4Mn2O5' composition, prepared by direct mechanochemical synthesis at room temperature. This rock-salt-type nanostructured material shows a discharge capacity of 355 mAh g(-1), which is the highest yet reported among the known lithium manganese oxide electrode materials. According to the magnetic measurements, this exceptional capacity results from the electrochemical activity of the Mn(3+)/Mn(4+) and O(2-)/O(-) redox couples, and, importantly, of the Mn(4+)/Mn(5+) couple also.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen, France.|Saft, Direction de la Recherche, 111/113 Boulevard Alfred Daney, 33074 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.affiliation: Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS, 18 Kutateladze, Novosibirsk 630128, Russia.
authors.forename: N V
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3909-7068
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Kosova
authors.affiliation: Saft, Direction de la Recherche, 111/113 Boulevard Alfred Daney, 33074 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jordy
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-8702
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chateigner
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen, France.
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maignan
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Sciences des Matériaux CRISMAT, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, F-14050 Caen, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pralong