Lithium cobalt oxide

• Lithium cobalt dioxide
• Lithium cobaltite

Blue powder

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Lithium- cobalt (III ) oxide is a chemical compound of lithium, cobalt and oxygen, and is used as a material for the positive electrode in lithium batteries Cobaltdioxid. The utility as electrode material was discovered in 1980 by a research group led by John B. Goodenough at the University of Oxford.

In the structure of the lithium atoms between octahedra formed into rows of cobalt and oxygen atoms lie. The space group, expressed in the Hermann- Mauguin symbolism.

Lithium cobalt dioxide is not soluble in water and contact with lithium - cobalt ( III ) oxide can lead to diseases of the heart muscle.

Batteries based on lithium cobalt dioxide tend to overload with thermal runaway.