摘要:
A method for the preparation of materials comprises the steps of: a) taking a first material comprising a compound of a first metal or of a first metal alloy, b) inserting said first material into an electrochemical cell as a first electrode, the electrochemical cell including a second electrode including a second metal different from a metal incorporated in the first material and an electrolyte adapted to transport the second metal to the first electrode and insert it into the first material by a current flowing in an external circuit resulting in the formation of a compound of the second metal in the first electrode material, the method being characterized by the step of treating the first electrode material after formation of the compound of the second metal to chemically remove at least some of the compound of the second metal to leave a material with a nanoporous structure.
摘要:
A non-aqueous electrolyte is disclosed. Exemplary embodiments include at least one ionically conducting salt, especially a lithium salt, a non-aqueous, anhydrous solvent for the ionically conductive salt, the solvent being selected to achieve a degree of dissociation of the ionically conductive salt in the non-aqueous solvent, at least one oxide in a particulate form, the oxide being selected such that it is not soluble in the solvent and such that it is water-free. The electrolyte can be used in a primary or secondary lithium battery, in a supercapacitor, in an electro-chromic display or in a solar cell.
摘要:
Polycrystalline high-T.sub.c superconductors of the formula M.sub.m E.sub.e RO.sub.x, which contain grains which are crystallographically aligned to the greatest possible extent, where M is at least one trivalent element such as a lanthanide element, E is at least one divalent element such as an alkaline earth element and R is at least one transition metal such as Cu, and x denotes the proportion of oxygen, are obtained by substituting a part of the alkaline earth element by a foreign element, preferably an alkali-metal element, which is no longer present in the product after the reaction sintering and sintering except for contents in the ppm to parts per thousand range and brings about the orientation effect. This produces a material which contains a slight deficit of E and optionally M, has an unaltered critical temperature and is substantially more resistant to external agents than equivalent known materials. A post-treatment in a stream of air or oxygen is unnecessary. Single crystals having relatively large dimensions can also be produced in a corresponding manner.