ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 48, Number 1
JKCSEZ 48(1)
February 20, 2004 

The effect of crystallinity on the structural stability of layered manganese oxide has been systematically investigated. While well-crystalline manganate was prepared by solid-state reaction-ion exchange method, nanocrystalline one was obtained by Chimie-Douce reaction at room temperature. According to micro-Raman and Mn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopic results, manganese ions in both the manganese oxides are stabilized in the octahedral sites of the layered lattice consisting of edge-shared MnO6 octahedra. The differential potential plot clarifies that the layered structure of nanocrystalline material is well maintained during electrochemical cycling, in contrast to the well-crystalline homologue. From the micro-Raman results, it was found that delithiation-relithiation process for well-crystalline material gives rise to the structural transition from layered to spinel-type structure. On the basis of the present experimental findings, it can be concluded that nanocrystalline nature plays an important role in enhancing the structural stability of layered manganese oxides.