Manganese Oxides : Battery Materials Make the Leap to Electrochemical Capacitors
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Manganese oxides have a relatively long history in the world of battery chemistry, dating back to the work of Leclanché in the 1860s, which ultimately formed the basis for the now-ubiquitous primary 1.5 V Zn/ MnO2 alkaline cell.1 In the alkaline cell, manganese oxide (typically in the γMnO2 form) serves as the active cathode material, and stores charge via the insertion of protons from the aqueous electrolyte, accompanied by reduction of Mn sites in the oxide by electrons from the external circuit, a complex process that can be represented by the simplified equation below (Eq. 1).
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