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Nature Materials 2, 705 - 706 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat1010

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Lithium batteries: A spectacularly reactive cathode

Josh Thomas1

  1. Josh Thomas is at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 538, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden. e-mail: Josh.Thomas@mkem.uu.see-mail: 


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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