P2-0148 — Annual report 2009
1.
Stabilizers of particle size

We reported in our paper published in Advanced Materials that the minimization of particle size is insufficient. Equally important seems to be the creation of sufficient mesopority which allows for accomodation of supercritical amount of liquid electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of active nanoparticles. This way, the losses during high currents are minimized and the reversible capacity maximized. The principle was demonstrated on an anatase TiO2 insertion material.

COBISS.SI-ID: 4161818
2.
Transport mechanisms in Li Batteries

We have discussed, in some detail, the effects of charge incorporation, electronic interphase contacting, electrode porosity, and heterogeneous doping in selected advanced electrode materials and emphasized the future perspectives.

COBISS.SI-ID: 4345626
3.
Discovery of new active materials for Li ion batteries

We were first to report the electrochemical activity of certain transition element titanates, such as Li2MnTiO4 in Li2FeTiO4. Likewise, we were the first to report the electrochemical cyclabilty (multiple charge/discharge cycling) of Li2NiTiO4.

COBISS.SI-ID: 4119578
4.
A study of corrosion inhibition mechanisms

We were interested in corrosion inhibition mechanism when using 1,2,4-triazole and its amino derivatives. Useful results could be obtained using the density functional studies.

COBISS.SI-ID: 23128359
5.
Study of chlorine adsorption on copper surface

We were interested in the influence of foreign ions on the surface structure of selected metals. In this particular case we focused on the copper surface (Cu(111)). Using DFT calculations we studied the influence of chlorine ions on this particular model surface.

COBISS.SI-ID: 22783783