摘要 |
An oxide LiMnO2 which has a layered monoclinic structure, and in which a minor part of the manganese may be replaced by another transition metal, is made by a two-stage process. Firstly NaXo2 with a layered structure of the alpha-NaFeO2-type is made by reacting stoichiometric amounts of a sodium salt and a salt of the metal X in solution so as to form a precipitate, drying and heat treating the precipitate at a temperature between 650 and 720° C. in air, and then rapidly cooling the precipitate to room temperature in air. Then the NaXO2 is subjected to ion exchange with a lithium salt in solution in a non-alcoholic solvent at a temperature between about 140 and 210° C. The resulting lithium manganese oxide can be used as the cathode material in a rechargeable lithium cell. |