Abstract
The group-IV,-V and-VI transition metal dichalcogenides are able to rapidly and reversibly incorporate significant concentrations of alkali metal ions (intercalants) within their layer structures. Because of their unusual combination of rapid mobility and high chemical stability for the intercalant, some of the alkali-metal-intercalated dichalcogenides are attractive candidates for high-energy battery electrodes. The structural characteristics of the lithium- and sodium-intercalated TiS2 compounds, which are the most extensively investigated intercalated materials, are summarized. The chemical stability of intercalants is discussed, with an emphasis on the ternary-phase equilibria, electrochemicalcell voltage and intercalant interaction energies. Some recent investigations with multinary alkali metal intercalation compounds are then described.
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