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Chapter 5
NANOSTRUCTURED TiO
2
MATERIALS
FOR NEW-GENERATION Li-ION
BATTERIES
Gregorio F. Ortiz,
1
Pedro Lavela,
1
José L. Tirado,
1
Ilie
Hanzu,
2
Thierry Djenizian,
2
and Philippe Knauth
2
1
Inorganic Chemistry Department,
University of Córdoba Campus Universitario Rabanales,
Marie Curie Building, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
2
Electrochemistry of Materials Research Group,
Laboratoire Chimie Provence (UMR 6264),
University of Aix-Marseille I, II, III-CNRS, Marseille F-13397, France
iq1icoj@uco.es
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Few topics raise as much interest as energy-related issues do today.
As fuel costs have been continuously spiraling for the last two
decades, alternative solutions have been developed. For instance, a
significant progress has been made in the development of renewable
energy technologies such as solar cells, fuel cells, biofuels, and
wind energy. Some of them are mature enough to be exploited
commercially; for example, wind or solar energy. However, in spite
of the ease of electricity generation by these new technologies, the
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