| Preface | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Intercalation compounds for energy storage | p. 1 |
| Lithium intercalation compounds - The reliability of the rigid-band model | p. 9 |
| Overview of carbon anodes for lithium-ion batteries | p. 27 |
| Electronic structure of various forms of solid state carbons - Graphite intercalation compounds | p. 39 |
| From intercalation compounds to inserted clusters Li in carbon superanodes for secondary batteries | p. 63 |
| Lithium NMR in lithium-carbon solid state compounds | p. 77 |
| Critical review of H/Carbon literature and ab-initio research for a chemical site between two coroners | p. 95 |
| Carbon-based negative electrodes of lithium-ion batteries obtained from residua of the petroleum industry | p. 101 |
| Hydrogen in metals | p. 109 |
| Effects of composition in La/Ni-based intermetallic compounds used as negative electrodes in Ni-MH batteries | p. 145 |
| Lithium insertion compounds for energy storage | p. 157 |
| Chemical and structural stabilities of layered oxide cathodes | p. 177 |
| In situ preparation of composite electrodes : antimony alloys and compounds | p. 193 |
| On the use of in-situ generated tin-based composite materials in lithium-ion cells | p. 201 |
| Physical chemistry of lithium intercalation compounds | p. 209 |
| Lattice dynamics of manganese oxides and their intercalated compounds | p. 235 |
| Physical chemistry and electrochemistry of intercalation in disordered compounds | p. 253 |
| Modified host lattices for Li intercalation with improved electrochemical properties | p. 269 |
| Surface science investigations of intercalation reactions with layered metal dichalcogenides | p. 289 |
| Conductive polymers and hybrid materials as insertion electrodes for energy storage applications | p. 355 |
| An electrochemical point of view on the intercalation compounds | p. 377 |
| Manganese dioxides promising cathode materials for lithium batteries | p. 393 |
| Impedance of diffusion of inserted ions. Simple and advanced models | p. 405 |
| Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy for probing ion/network interactions in solids | p. 413 |
| Cations mobility and water adsorption in zeolites | p. 421 |
| Strategies to improve the cycling performance of lithium storage alloys | p. 429 |
| Nanoscaled containers for hydrogen | p. 433 |
| Nanocrystalline materials for lithium batteries | p. 439 |
| Study of fluorinated graphite intercalation compounds | p. 447 |
| Insertion of rare-earth metals into AgI-based compounds - First evidence of disordering and strong modification of [beta]- and [gamma]-AgI crystal structures | p. 455 |
| Structural characterization of Mg treated LiCoO[subscript 2] intercalation compounds | p. 463 |
| Electronic structure of oxygen in delitiated LiTMO[subscript 2] studied by electron energy-loss spectrometry | p. 469 |
| Short-range Co/Mn ordering and electrochemical intercalation of Li into Li[Mn[subscript 2-y]Co[subscript y]]O[subscript 4] spinels, 0 < y [less than or equal to] 1 | p. 475 |
| Limitation of cathode electrolyte reaction in lithium ion batteries | p. 483 |
| The nature of the phase transition in Li[subscript x]Mn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] | p. 489 |
| Morphology control of electrode materials for Li batteries through sol-gel technique | p. 493 |
| Cryochemical processing of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries | p. 497 |
| Amorphous and active carbon: the quantum chemistry view on the structure | p. 501 |
| Mechanochemical synthesis of intercalation lithium transition-metal oxide compounds: some aspects of mechanism | p. 507 |
| Electronic state of ions in mechanochemically prepared intercalation lithium-transition metal oxide compounds | p. 515 |
| Synthesis, structure and electrochemical properties of LiNi[subscript 0.5-x]Al[subscript x]Co[subscript 0.5]O[subscript 2] oxides (0 [less than or equal to] x [less than or equal to] 0.3) | p. 523 |
| Structural and electrochemical properties of V[subscript 2]O[subscript 5] thin films obtained by atomic layer chemical vapor deposition (ALCVD) | p. 531 |
| Influence of thermal treatment and atmospheres on the electrochemistry of V[subscript 2]O[subscript 5] as lithium insertion cathode | p. 535 |
| Dielectric dispersion and kinetics properties of Bi[subscript 2]Se[subscript 3] intercalated by molecular iodine | p. 539 |
| High-frequency capacitor nanostructure formation by intercalation | p. 543 |
| Method of synthesis of electrode materials with controlled particle size for lithium batteries | p. 545 |
| Synthesis of cobalt substituted Li nickelates from a high dispersity mixed oxide precursor | p. 551 |
| Application of the current interruption method for the measurement of the ohmic resistivity of LiNi[subscript 1-y]Co[subscript y]O[subscript 2] cathodes as a function of the state of discharge | p. 557 |
| Pulsed microplasma cluster source technique for synthesis of nanostructured carbon films | p. 561 |
| Oxygen intercalation in strontium ferrite: evolution of thermodynamics and electron transport properties | p. 565 |
| Insertion of aluminium into a boron icosahedral hollows as the first step of nanofilaments crystals formation | p. 573 |
| Structure, microstructure and magneto-transport properties of Pr[subscript 1-x]B[subscript x]CoO[subscript 3-[delta]](B[superscript 2+]=Ba[superscript 2+], Ca[superscript 2+]) perovskite materials | p. 577 |
| Electronic structure of LiMn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] | p. 585 |
| Electrochemical behaviour of manganese spinel obtained by a controlled particle size method at low temperature | p. 591 |
| Li-Si system studies as possible anode for Li-ion batteries | p. 597 |
| Synthesis, structural and thermodynamical characterization of Mm(NiCo)[subscript 5-x]Al[subscript x] alloys | p. 601 |
| Structural and electrochemical studies of Li-Co-Cr-O oxides prepared by wet chemistry | p. 607 |
| Influence on physico-chemical properties of LiFe[subscript x]Mn[subscript 2-x]O[subscript 4] upon iron doping | p. 613 |
| Phase transition disappearance in Li[subscript 1+[delta]]Mn[subscript 2-[delta]]O[subscript 4] depended on lithium excess | p. 615 |
| Influence of lithium on transport and electrochemical properties of Li[subscript x]Ni[subscript 1-y]Co[subscript y]O[subscript 2] | p. 617 |
| Processes of deintercalation of lithium fluoride out of exhausted cathode materials of lithium batteries | p. 619 |
| Electrochemical properties of nanoparticles produced by borohydride reduction | p. 623 |
| Problems of the intercalated layer structures | p. 629 |
| Cryochemically processed Li[subscript 2]CuO[subscript 2] for lithium-ion batteries | p. 633 |
| Investigation of charge carrying in Li-intercalated ordinary and oxidized graphite-like materials | p. 635 |
| Thermodynamics and kinetics of lattice gases: statistical mechanics perspective | p. 641 |
| Electrical and electrochemical properties of LiNi[subscript 1-y]Co[subscript y]O[subscript 2] prepared by sol-gel method | p. 643 |
| Author index | p. 645 |
| Subject index | p. 649 |
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