Transition metal (TM) dissolution is a process experienced by most cathode materials based on lithium transition oxides. Spinel LiMn2O4 (LMO) the best-known material that suffers from TM dissolution. Therefore, LMO selected here to understand and derive an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) method for quantifying dissolved ions. Furthermore, powder coated with th...

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The structure and the electronic properties of single-walled zigzag BN and B3C2N3 nanotubes (n, 0; n=4–10) were investigated using first-principles calculations based on a density functional theory. A plane–wave basis set with periodic boundary conditions in conjunction with Vanderbilt ultrasoft pseudo-potential was employed. The energy gap of ZB3C<su...