Classification of Intercalation Reactions

The intercalation process is a dissolution of A (as A +e ) in the solvent H). As discussed by Armand, the properties of the solute (Aj H) depend on the host-guest interactions [15]. The different cases are discussed in this section. 

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A classification of intercalation reactions into three groups is based on electronic transfer. These three groups correspond to three different steps in the delocalization of the transferred electrons. The level of aceptance can be (i) a discrete atomic one (ii) molecular, as a discrete polyatomic entity existing in the structure and (iii) part of a conduction band. 

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