Manganese Oxide/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications

Abstract

Electron spin resonance (ESR) is a sensitive spectroscopic methodfor the investigation of local crystal structure and electronicproperties of paramagnetic species in materials. Such speciescarrying the magnetic moments are often employed as active elec-trode materials for lithium-ion batteries and their electrochemicalproperties substantially determined by their structural features.In this chapter, application of ESR method to study the electronicstructure of layered and NASICON structured cathode materials ispresented.