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Mineral Based Materials as Cathodes

The graphitic materials as cathodes in aluminum-ion batteries have the problem that, since they intercalate tetrachloro aluminate ions, the lose the advantage of having Al+3 that can accumulate more charge. This problem could be solved by using different minerals that have the capability of intercalating the Al+3 ion directly. However, to date all minerals that have been tested have an unsatisfactory performance with serious problems of stability and low specific capacities. For that reason, in our project we focus in the search for new minerals with better intercalation properties for Al+3. We focus mostly in the synthesis of minerals based on vanadium, molybdenum or tungsten with porous-channeled structure with high electronic and ionic conductivities.

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