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Lithium batteries

A spectacularly reactive cathode

Nature Materials volume 2, pages 705–706 (2003)Cite this article

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The storage capacity of rechargeable lithium batteries is limited by their electrodes, especially the cathode. A layered copper vanadate material, which reacts electrochemically with lithium ions in an unexpected and reversible way, greatly expands the range of cathode choices.

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Figure 1: Reversible reactions.
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