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Manganese dioxide samples were prepared from fluorine containing electrolytes with additives of Co2+ ions. Atomic absorption spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis were the methods of the samples characterisation. Manganese dioxide at the presence of cobalt forms nanosized ramsdellite structure crystallites of mostly needle-like morphology with significant content of hydroxide groups. The main phase state in manganese dioxide samples obtained at the presence of cobalt is γ-MnO2 with ramsdellite structure and low content of intergrowth defects. The sample doped both with lithium and cobalt can be indexed to a hollandite-type structure (tetragonal; space group I4=m) of α-MnO2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The influence of dopant ions on the phase composition and structure ordering of electrodeposited nanoxides of manganese was investigated. Additives of dopant ions of Li and Co(II) and fluorine-containing electrolytes have been applied for preparation of samples by anode electrodeposition. The samples have been studied by methods of chemical analysis, XRD, TEM, Fourier spectroscopy etc. TEM observation showed that the presence of dopant ions of lithium and cobalt in electrolyte decreased crystallinity of samples, influenced the length and perfection of nanorods, and made structure more defective. The diametres of the nanorods ranged from 10 to 20 nm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]