Graphite lamellar compounds. A new route to transition metal intercalates

Abstract

Potassium–graphite (C8K) reacts with transition metal salts [Ti(PriO)4, MnCl2·4H2O, FeCl3, CoCl2·6H2O, CuCl2·2H2O, or ZnCl2] dissolved in tetrahydrofuran to give the corresponding transition metal lamellar compounds of graphite; the insertion of the metal atoms between the carbon layers is established by X-ray diffraction methods and the formation of different insertion stages has been observed.