Abstract
The electrical conductivity of lithium-manganese spinels is analyzed in samples with different starting Li cationic fraction x. Li-rich spinels, resulting from Li-Mn substitution around the stoi-chiometric value (x= 0.333), show conductivity values higher than that observed in stoichiometric LiMn2O4 . Besides, a conductivity drop, associated with a structural phase transition at about 290 K in LiMn2O4 , progressively disappears by decreasing x, while it is absent in Li-rich samples. Stoi-chiometry effects on the concentration of charge carriers and on the available sites for the hopping transport process are evaluated, as well as the effects due to coexisting insulating phases. The role of the Jahn-Teller effect on the conductivity behaviour of stoichiometric and Li-poor spinels is also considered.
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