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Herein, we present the upscaled synthesis of nanoparticulate Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) by means of flame spray pyrolysis (FSP), yielding high phase purity and appropriate morphology for application as high-power lithium-ion anode material. Electrodes based on this optimized LTO nanopowder, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as binder, and copper as current collector revealed excellent rate performance, providing specific capacities of 133, 131, 129, 127, 124, and 115 mAh g-1 when applying C rates of 1C, 2C, 5C, 10C, 20C, and 50C, respectively. Targeting the commercial application of thus synthesized nanoparticles, we optimized also the electrode composition, comparing three different binding agents (CMC, PVdF, and poly(acrylic acid), PAA) and substituting the copper current collector by aluminum. The results of this comparative analysis show, that the combination of nanoparticulate LTO, CMC, and an aluminum current collector appears most suitable toward the realization of environmentally friendly and cost-efficient lithium-ion anodes, presenting very stable cycling performance for more than 1000 cycles at 10C without substantial capacity decay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the metal-organic compound bis[bis(methoxycarbimido)aminato]-copper(II) 1-methylpyrrolidin-2-one disolvate ([Cu(C4H8N3O2)2]·2C5H9NO). It mentions that the title compound is composed of a neutral copper (Cu) complex. It says that N—H···O hydrogen-bonding interactions are present between the amine NH groups of the ligands and the O atoms of the 1-methylpyrrolidin-2-one molecules.

The article presents a scientific report on the structure of the dicopper(II) trihydroxide cyanoureate dihydrate. The entry notes that the compound is a new inorganic-organic hybrid material in which cyanoureate ions and water molecules reside between the dicopper(II) hydroxide layers. The report mentions that the compound was obtained through hydrolysis of ions under alkaline conditions.

Cs2Cu3(CN)5 has a layered structure consisting of [Cu3(CN)5]2− sheets stacked in an ABAB fashion along the c axis, with Cs+ cations lying between the sheets. The sheets are generated by linking –(CuCN)– chains, in which the C[triple-bond]N groups are ordered, via [Cu(CN)3]2− units. The two bridging cyanide groups of each [Cu(CN)3]2− unit show partial `head-to-tail' disorder of C and N, whilst the third C[triple-bond]N group is terminal and ordered with C bonded to Cu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analysis and modeling of X-ray and neutron Bragg and total diffraction data show that the compounds referred to in the literature as "Pd(CN)(2)" and "Pt(CN)(2)" are nanocrystalline materials containing small sheets of vertex-sharing square-planar M(CN)(4) units, layered in a disordered manner with an intersheet separation of ~3.44 Å at 300 K. The small size of the crystallites means that the sheets' edges form a significant fraction of each material. The Pd(CN)(2) nanocrystallites studied using total neutron diffraction are terminated by water and the Pt(CN)(2) nanocrystallites by ammonia, in place of half of the terminal cyanide groups, thus maintaining charge neutrality. The neutron samples contain sheets of approximate dimensions 30 Å × 30 Å. For sheets of the size we describe, our structural models predict compositions of Pd(CN)(2)·xH(2)O and Pt(CN)(2)·yNH(3) (x ≈ y ≈ 0.29). These values are in good agreement with those obtained from total neutron diffraction and thermal analysis, and are also supported by infrared and Raman spectroscopy measurements. It is also possible to prepare related compounds Pd(CN)(2)·pNH(3) and Pt(CN)(2)·qH(2)O, in which the terminating groups are exchanged. Additional samples showing sheet sizes in the range ~10 Å × 10 Å (y ~ 0.67) to ~80 Å × 80 Å (p = q ~ 0.12), as determined by X-ray diffraction, have been prepared. The related mixed-metal phase, Pd(1/2)Pt(1/2)(CN)(2)·qH(2)O (q ~ 0.50), is also nanocrystalline (sheet size ~15 Å × 15 Å). In all cases, the interiors of the sheets are isostructural with those found in Ni(CN)(2). Removal of the final traces of water or ammonia by heating results in decomposition of the compounds to Pd and Pt metal, or in the case of the mixed-metal cyanide, the alloy, Pd(1/2)Pt(1/2), making it impossible to prepare the simple cyanides, Pd(CN)(2), Pt(CN)(2), or Pd(1/2)Pt(1/2)(CN)(2), by this method.