Solid State Ionics
Volume 166, Issues 3-4
,
30 January 2004,
Pages 295-305
doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2003.11.018 
Copyright © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Electrochemical study of nanometer Co3O4, Co, CoSb3 and Sb thin films toward lithium
V. Pralong 
, 
, J. -B. Leriche , B. Beaudoin , E. Naudin , M. Morcrette and J. -M. Tarascon
Laboratoire de Réactivité et de Chimie des Solides, UMR 6007 Université Picardie, 33 rue St. Leu, 80039, Amiens, France
Received 20 June 2003; Revised 14 November 2003; accepted
15 November 2003. Available online 14 January 2004.
Abstract
The recent interest in reversible conversion
reaction process versus lithium in transition metal oxides raises a
fundamental question regarding the role played by the metallic cobalt
or the electrolyte. In this work, we report on the electrochemical
reactivity of cobalt oxide and antimonide, metallic cobalt and antimony
thin films toward lithium. Nanometer thin films were prepared by pulsed
laser deposition (PLD) using a stoichiometric target. The obtained
films were characterized from their chemical and electrochemical
properties by means of various complementary techniques such as x-ray
diffraction (XRD), electronic microscopy and electrochemical quartz
crystal microbalance (EQCM).
Author Keywords: Author Keywords: Co3O4; Co; CoSb3; Sb; PLD; EQCM; Lithium ion batteries; Thin film
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