Author:Gummow, RJ; Thackeray, MMDate:Dec 1993LT-LiC0.9Ni0.1O2 prepared at 400 degrees C with a structure that is intermediate between an ideal lithiated spinel and a layered structure has been investigated as an electrode in rechargeable Lithium cells; it delivers a voltage vs. pure ...Read more
Author:Mathe, Ntombizodwa R; Nkosi, SS; Motaung, DE; Scriba, Manfred R; Coville, NJDate:May 2015The electronic, magnetic and electrocatalytic properties of bimetallic thiol-capped Pt/Co and Pt/Ni nanoparticles were synthesised using two reducing agents, NaBH(sub4) and N(sub2)H(sub4). X-ray diffraction analysis of the nanoparticles showed ...Read more
Author:Gummow, RJ; Thackeray, MMDate:May 1994Cathode materials that have been synthesized by reduction of lithium-manganese- Cathode materials that have been synthesized by reduction of lithium-manganese-oxide and manganese-oxide precursors with hydrogen at 300 to 350-degrees-C, and ...Read more
Author:Popoola, API; Pityana, Sisa L; Popoola, OMDate:Oct 2011Poor corrosion performance of aluminium alloys in marine environment has been a subject of intensive research recently. Aluminium substrate was alloyed with a combination of two metallic powders (Cu + Mo) using an Nd: YAG solid state laser. ...Read more
Author:Rossouw, Claire A; Raju, Kumar; Zheng, Haitao; Ozoemena, Kenneth IDate:Jul 2017Manganese-doped lithium iron phosphate (LFMP) integrated with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) has been prepared via microwave-assisted synthesis and investigated as lithium-ion energy storage system in aqueous Li2SO4 electrolyte. The doping of ...Read more
Author:Ozoemena, KI; Mamuru, SA; Fukuda, T; Kobayashi, N; Nyokong, TDate:Jun 2009Novel hexabutylsulphonyltribenzotetraazachlorin–fullerene (C60) complexes of iron (FeHBSTBTAC–C60) and cobalt (CoHBSTBTAC–C60) have been synthesized and their electrochemistry and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) compared with their ...Read more
Author:Jafta, CJ; Mathe, Mahlanyane K; Manyala, N; Roos, WD; Ozoemena, KIDate:Aug 2013The LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 spinel is an important lithium ion battery cathode material that has continued to receive major research attention because of its high operating voltage (∼4.8 V). This study interrogates the impact of microwave irradiation ...Read more
Author:Melchior, SA; Palaniyandy, Nithyadharseni; Sigalas, I; Iyuke, SE; Ozoemena, KIDate:Feb 2019The performance of MXenes (Ti2CTx) combined with electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) in three different weight ratios (i.e. MXene:EMD = 20:80; 50:50; 80:20) were examined as anode material for Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). A study of the ...Read more
Author:Thackeray, MM; Rossouw, MH; Gummow, RJ; Liles, DC; Pearce, K; De Kock, A; David, WIF; Hull, sDate:Jun 1993A pure and highly crystalline form of ramsdellite-MnO2 has been synthesized by acid treatment of the spinels LiMn2O4 and Li2Mn4O9 at 95°C. Although the ramsdellite-MnO2 framework remains intact on lithiation at 70°C, the hexagonally-close-packed ...Read more
Author:Liu, GQ; Wen, L; Liu, GY; Luo, HZ; Ma, BY; Wu, QY; Tian, YWDate:Aug 2011Spinel compound LiNi0.4Mn1.5Cr0.1O4 (LNMCO) and Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) were synthesized by the sol-gel method and the solid-state method, respectively. The particle sizes of the products LiNi0.4Mn1.5Cr0.1O4 and Li4Ti5O12 were 0.5 to 2 um and 0.5 to ...Read more
Author:Nonjola, Patrick NT; Siegert, U; Swarts, JCDate:Feb 2015Ferrocenylamides, Fc–(CH(sub2))subn–CONH(sub2) with n = 0 (3a), 1 (3b), 2 (3c), and 3 (3d) and Fc =ferrocenyl = FeII(C(sub5)H(sub5))(C(sub5)H(sub4)), were synthesised by reacting aqueous ammonia with the appropriate acid chlorides, ...Read more