LiFePO nanorods

Figure 7.4 (a) First charge-discharge profiles (C/15 rate) of the LiFePO nanorods (40 ... 

Industrially important sihcides have been synthesized by microwave reactions. A notable example is MoSi [13]. Metal phosphates have extensively been studied for applications as phosphors, catalysts and as cathode materials in lithium ion batteries. Several lanthanide orthophosphates, LnPO (Ln=La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd and Tb), are obtained by microwave heating of an aqueous solution of Ln(III) nitrate and NH H PO [14], Highly crystalline ohvine LiFePO nanorods are directly obtained within 5 min by microwave heating of lithium hydroxide, iron acetate and phosphoric acid in tetraethyleneglycol [15]. 

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