Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
We have performed electrochemical studies of proton intercalation in several varieties of γ/ε-MnO2 using an original method which combines linear sweep voltammetry and potentiostatic intermittent titration technique. This technique gave for the first time a direct evidence of a two step intercalation process in the ramsdellite units of these compounds. Either 0.5 or 1 proton per manganese are accommodated in the 1×2 channels, as previously suggested by Maskell. The reversibility of these steps has been studied and is discussed in relation to the structural modifications induced by the proton intercalation.
Work supported by the PIRSEM/CNRS (ARC IPROM)