La solution collage représente un intérêt industriel croissant dans l’assemblage des matériaux. Cependant, à cause des propriétés propres d’un polymère, l’utilisation de cette technologie d’assemblage est limitée par sa température de service. Afin d’augmenter la zone d’opérabilité du joint adhésif, la solution du Joint Multi Adhésifs a déjà été initiée par le passé. Ce joint repose sur la combinaison d’un adhésif résistant à basses températures LTA et d’un second résistant à hautes températures HTA. Le premier joint est placé sur les bords de l’assemblage tandis que le second occupe une position centrale. Partant du concept du Joint Multi Adhésif, l’objectif de ce travail est de proposer un assemblage à un seul joint dont les propriétés seraient modulées le long de la longueur de recouvrement. Ce nouvel adhésif présente une bonne résistance aux contraintes de pelage et de clivage sur les bords de l’assemblage, tout en assurant un rôle structurant à hautes températures. La formulation de cet adhésif consiste à élaborer un joint époxyde présentant une ténacité accrue à ces extrémités, qui diminue graduellement vers le centre de joint polymère. Outre leur capacité à augmenter considérablement la ténacité des thermodurcissables, les copolymères triblocs, de part la structuration à l’échelle nanoscopique qu’ils engendrent au sein ces matériaux, ont l’avantage de ne pas pénaliser les autres propriétés telles que le module d’Young et la température de transition vitreuse. Par ailleurs, grâce à leurs bonnes propriétés d’adhésion, les résines époxydes sont des polymères de choix dans l’élaboration d’adhésif. Par conséquent, tout l’intérêt de ce travail réside dans la synergie des propriétés de ces deux composants. Pour se faire, deux adhésifs époxydes sont formulés. Le premier est un système époxyde classique DER 332-MDEA. Le second est basé sur le même système DER 332-MDEA, mais il est chargé avec 10% en masse de copolymères type PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA. Les deux adhésifs massiques sont caractérisés thermiquement, thermomécaniquement et mécaniquement. En second lieu, afin de formuler le joint souhaité, à gradient de propriétés, une étude de la cinétique de diffusion entre les deux adhésifs est entreprise par un suivi rhéologique de l’évolution des modules. Cette étude permet de mettre en évidence les facteurs clefs qui pilotent la diffusion : la température, l’entrefer, la fraction initiale et la polarité du copolymère. Ce travail expérimental permet d’aboutir à l’établissement d’un modèle rhéologique mettant en lumière la compétition diffusion/confinement. L’impact de ce nouveau joint sur la propagation d’une fissure au sein d’un assemblage collé est évalué par un essai de clivage symétrique. / Adhesively bonding technology is of great industrial interest. However, the thermal limited properties of polymers used as adhesive joins limits the operating temperature. To extend the operating temperature range, the Multi Moduli Lap Joint solution has ever been suggested. This solution is an interface with a combination of a low-temperature adhesive LTA (i.e. strengthening for low temperatures) and a high-temperature adhesive HTA (i.e. strengthening for high temperatures), on three joints. Due to its position on each edge of the assembly, the ABT exhibits a great peeling yield, whereas the HTA presents a high shear strength and ensures a structural behaviour. This research aim consists in formulating a new simple lap joint with a gradient of mechanical properties along the bondline. The adhesive formulation has to exhibit a high toughness on its edges which gradually diminishes towards its center. So triblock copolymers are blend into an epoxy resin to obtain a nanostructured adhesive. Thus, a toughness improvement occurs with any depreciation neither of the Young modulus nor the transition glassy temperature. Moreover epoxy resin is well known for its bonding properties. Adhesives are formulated on the basis of the epoxy-amine system: DER 332-MDEA and a DER 332-MDEA nanostructured by 10%wt PMMA-b-PBA-b-PMMA triblock copolymers. First the neat and the nanoscopic-scale-structured thermosets are characterised by thermal, thermomechanical and mechanical tests. Then, to obtain a properties gradient into an adhesive joint, diffusion kinetics between both materials is monitored by rheometer. This study reveals the key parameters that master diffusion phenomenon such as temperature, gap, polarity and weight content of the triblock copolymers. This work allows establishing a rheological model which brings into focus competition between diffusion/wall phenomenon. The impact of this new joint on crack propagation is carried out by cleavage using the wedge test method.

Les travaux menés durant cette thèse s’inscrivent dans le cadre du développement de la mission spatiale Solar Probe Plus (NASA). Cette sonde d’exploration, dont la vocation est l’étude du Soleil, pénétrera la couronne solaire pour y faire des mesures in-situ. Ce travail de thèse a consisté à mener l’étude expérimentale des matériaux constitutifs de la sonde: métaux réfractaires (W, Re, Ta, Mo, Nb, Ti), composite C/C, un revêtement de nitrure de bore pyrolytique (pBN) ainsi que des dépôts métalliques texturés à forte émissivité. L’environnement à l’approche du soleil fut reproduit expérimentalement au sol au laboratoire PROMES-CNRS en associant le four solaire d’1 MW à Odeillo au moyen d’essai MEDIASE (Moyen d’Essai et de Diagnostic en Ambiance Spatiale Extrême). Grâce à ces moyens expérimentaux, ces matériaux candidats ont pu être testés sous formes d’échantillons, à très haute température (1100-2500 K), sous vide (10-4 Pa), ainsi que sous bombardement de protons (1-4 keV, jusqu'à 1018 ions m-2 s-1, pour la simulation du vent solaire). La propriété matériau sur laquelle cette étude expérimentale s’est concentrée est l’émissivité, dans la mesure où celle-ci va conditionner la température des surfaces de la sonde faisant face au Soleil. Celle-ci a été mesurée in-situ dans MEDIASE pendant les différents traitements. Dans le cadre de l’étude des métaux réfractaires, il a s’agit de comprendre la relation entre état de surface et émissivité, ainsi que d’étudier les modifications induites par les traitements. En ce qui concerne les dépôts métalliques texturés ainsi que le dépôt de pBN, leur étude a consisté à évaluer leurs performances radiatives et leurs comportements à haute température. / Solar Probe Plus (NASA) will be a historic mission of space exploration as it will consist in the first spacecraft to enter the solar corona. The spacecraft will face harsh environmental conditions that no other spacecraft has ever encountered in the past. One of the most critical technology developments for this mission is thus material science related: the materials constituting all the surfaces directly facing the Sun must be studied and tested in a relevant environment. The study of the candidate materials has been carried out at PROMES-CNRS: refractory metals for the instruments (W, Re, Ta, Mo, Nb, Ti, and their alloys), and refractory ceramics for the thermal protection shield (C/C composite and pyrolytic boron nitride - pBN). Samples of these materials were tested experimentally in a simulated near-Sun environment. This environment was simulated on ground thanks to the association of the 1 MW solar furnace in Odeillo, to the MEDIASE facility. This way materials were tested at very high temperature (1100-2500 K) in high vacuum (10-4 Pa), with the solar wind being reproduced via a proton bombardment (1-4 keV, up to 1018 ions m-2 s-1). The material properties that we have studied the most are the thermal radiative properties as they fully determine the temperature of a free-standing surface exposed to an intense radiative flux in vacuum. For refractory metals, it mainly consisted in studying the relationship between surface state and radiative properties, as well as the effect of the treatments. As for the textured metallic coatings and pBN, it consisted mainly in determining their efficiencies and understanding their behaviors.

Les REFIOM (Résidus d'Epuration des Fumées d'Incinération des Ordures Ménagères) issus de l'incération des déchets ménagers contiennent des métaux lourds comme le plomb ou le cadmium et sont en France uniquement stockés en centre d'enfouissement technique de classe 1 pour dangereux, en étant stabilisés par une vitrification. Afin de trouver des solutions pour le stockage ou la valorisation à long terme des REFIOM sans danger pour l'environnement, nous avons ciblé les vitrocéramiques et les céramiques frittées à hautes températures et hautes pressions. Nous avons utilisé des méthodes de la minéralogie physique par l'intermédiaire de synthèses à hautes températures, de synthèses à hautes températures et à hautes pressions en autoclave à chauffage externe, d'observations en microscopie électronique à balayage, de microanalyses chimiques EDX (Energy Dispersive X-Ray spectrometry), d'analyses en microsondes, de caractérisation structurale par diffraction de rayons X et d'expériences de lixiviation dynamique. Nous avons mis au point des protocoles de synthèses et d'analyses. Par ce biais, nous constatons pour les vitrocéramiques que le plomb ou le cadmium sont incorporés dans des cristallites et dans des nouvelles phases cristallines, eux-mêmes englobés dans une matrice vitreuse. Cette voie dite "double barrière" (cristaux + verre) semble prometteuses pour l'immobilisation du plomb et du cadmium (au regard des analyses EDX et des expériences de lixiviation). Pour les céramiques frittées, comme pour les SYNROC (SYNthetic ROCk) synthétisées pour les déchets nucléaires, de nouvelles phases cristallines incorporant Pb et Cd sont observées et seraient a priori résistantes pour le stockage de ces éléments toxiques. Dans ces deux cas de nouveaux matériaux capables d'incorporer massivement du plomb et du cadmium ont été mis en évidence. Des tests de durabilité permettront d'envisager une valorisation éventuelle de tels matériaux / MSWI 5Municipal Solide Waste Incinerator) fly ashes from the incineration of domestic waste contain heavy metals such as lead or cadmium. In France, these fly ashes are only stored under vitrified forms in class-1 type landfills for hazardous waste. In order to find solutions for long-term storage or valorization of the MSWI fly ashes, we studied glass-ceramics and sintered ceramics at high pressures and/or hight temperature. We used methods of mineral physics to : synthetize at high temperature, synthetize at higt temperature and high pressure using autoclaves with external heating system, observe by electron microcopy, make EDX (Energy Dispersive X-Ray spectrometry) chemical microanalysis, make microprobe analysis, structurally characterize and perform leaching test. We established experimental protocols for the synthesis and analysis of produced materials. For glass-ceramics, we observe that lead and cadmium are incorporated inside expected crystallites and new crystal phases, themselves embedded by a glassy matrix. This so-called "double barrier" (crystals + glass) is a promising way towards a substainable of lead and cadmium (after EDX analysis and leaching experiements). For sintered ceramics, as for the SYNROC (SYNthetic ROCk) with nuclear waste, new crystal phases incorporating Pb and Cd are found and might display a high resistant for the storage of these toxic elements. In both cases, new materials incorporating large amounts of lead and cadmium were formed. Durability tests may give new ways for a valorization of such materials

The thesis deals with the modeling and prediction of corrosion of radiation tube snake in the heating furnace. Specifically it is focused on vertical cylindrical furnace which is included in the catalytic hydrocracking unit and serves for heating aggressive circulation gas which is the cause of high temperature corrosion. An important basis for the creation of computational models are available records about the operation of the furnace and about the corrosion and degradation mechanisms during the lifetime of the tube system in furnace. Such information enables the creation of a computational model which is based on the prediction of high-temperature corrosive damage of radiation tube snake. The computational model involving all relevant factors may serve as the basis for a predictive life management system of radiation snakes in the heating furnace.

Concrete has many advantageous properties as regards resistance to fire. It is non-flammable and it has a low thermal conductivity. However, concrete structures, which are not designed for resistance against fire, show significant damage after heating. In particular, the explosive flaking with the consequence of weakening the reinforced concrete cross-section and exposing the steel reinforcement to the temperatures higher than critical temperature of reinforcement. There are only a few possible measures of preventing or mitigating the effects temperature load used. Ways of protection can be divided into two systems: active and passive. Active systems are designed to ensure the greatest possible reduction of temperatures the concrete is exposed to. Passive systems directly resist to high temperatures and fire. Design of composition of concrete with the aim of higher resistance to exposition to high temperatures belongs among the passive systems. A part of the work focuses on summary searches of the problems of concrete and reinforced concrete structures exposed to high temperatures and fire. The goal of the work is defining requirements for cement matrix based composite material and its design ensuring the highest possible resistance to high temperatures or direct fire.

Tesis por compendio / [ES] En la actualidad, los estreses abióticos son una de las principales limitaciones en la producción agraria y seguridad alimentaria. La búsqueda de estrategias para conseguir una mejor tolerancia a los estreses abióticos es un objetivo de gran interés a nivel mundial, especialmente frente al estrés supra-térmico teniendo en cuenta el escenario de calentamiento global en el cual nos encontramos. Un modo de sortear los estreses ambientales, bajo el prisma de un manejo integrado o ecológico del cultivo, es la utilización de plantas injertadas como estrategia de adaptación. En pimiento, cultivo de gran importancia económica en nuestro país, la menor utilización de la técnica del injerto es debida a la inexistencia de patrones con suficiente adaptabilidad a condiciones de estrés abiótico. En este sentido, el equipo de investigación mixto entre la Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) y el Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), el cual engloba esta tesis doctoral, ha sido capaz de seleccionar diferentes accesiones e híbridos de pimiento, entre ellos el híbrido NIBER®, que utilizados como portainjertos han obtenido buenos resultados en término de rendimiento en condiciones de estrés hídrico y salino, y generar información respecto a los diferentes mecanismos fisiológicos y moleculares responsables de dicha tolerancia. Sin embargo, hasta la fecha, la información sigue siendo limitada en diferentes sentidos: no se ha estudiado en profundidad el efecto del injerto a las altas temperaturas; no se ha profundizado en el estudio de los mecanismos de tolerancia del portainjerto NIBER® frente al estrés hídrico causado por un riego deficitario controlado; y por último, ningún estudio se ha centrado en analizar los efectos del propio injerto sobre el rendimiento y calidad de los frutos de variedades tradicionales de pimiento. En este sentido, los objetivos que se han planteado en esta tesis doctoral han sido: I) evaluación fisiológica y agronómica de la tolerancia al estrés supra-térmico de accesiones de Capsicum annuum L. utilizadas como portainjertos; II) estudio de los mecanismos fisiológicos que subyacen en el comportamiento de portainjertos tolerantes a estrés supra-térmico; III) estudio de las bases del comportamiento agronómico y fisiológico de portainjertos de pimiento tolerantes a estrés hídrico en condiciones controladas de riego deficitario; IV) evaluación agronómica y de la calidad del fruto de variedades tradicionales de pimiento injertadas sobre patrones tolerantes a estreses abióticos. En esta tesis doctoral, por un lado, hemos sido capaces de seleccionar accesiones de pimiento, especialmente A57, que utilizadas como portainjertos confieren a la variedad injertada cierto grado de tolerancia al estrés térmico por altas temperaturas. También hemos podido comprobar que estos portainjertos tolerantes permiten a la variedad generar respuestas adaptativas a los efectos negativos de este estrés mediante la modificación de su comportamiento fisiológico, disminuyendo la fuga de electrolitos y la acumulación de H2O2, y aumentando el contenido de clorofilas y carotenoides en las hojas. Esta respuesta fisiológica observada en las hojas resulta en una mejor adaptación fisiológica en su fase reproductiva, mejorando el contenido de prolina en las anteras y la viabilidad de los granos de polen, incrementando con ello el cuajado de frutos y en consecuencia el rendimiento comercial. Por otro lado, hemos visto que la tolerancia al estrés hídrico conferida por el portainjerto NIBER® es consecuencia de una modificación fisiológica que permite mantener los niveles de fotosíntesis con una adecuada eficiencia en el uso del agua, resultando en un mayor rendimiento comercial. En este sentido, el uso de la estrategia de riego deficitario combinada con el uso de portainjertos tolerantes al estrés hídrico y con un mayor desarrollo radical, como es el caso del NIBER®, puede considerarse útil para reducir el consumo de agua, amortiguando lo / [CA] En l'actualitat, els estressos abiòtics són una de les principals limitacions en la producció agrària i seguretat alimentària. La cerca d'estratègies per a aconseguir una millor tolerància als estressos abiòtics és un objectiu de gran interés a nivell mundial, especialment davant de l'estrés supra-tèrmic tenint en compte l'escenari de calfament global en el qual ens trobem. Una manera de sortejar els estressos ambientals, sota el prisma d'un maneig integrat o ecològic del cultiu, és la utilització de plantes empeltades com a estratègia d'adaptació. En pimentó, cultiu de gran importància econòmica al nostre país, la menor utilització de la tècnica de l'empelt és deguda a la inexistència de patrons amb suficient adaptabilitat a condicions d'estrés abiòtic. En aquest sentit, l'equip d'investigació mixt entre la Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) i l'Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries (IVIA), el qual engloba aquesta tesi doctoral, ha sigut capaç de seleccionar diferents accessions e híbrids de pimentó, entre ells l'híbrid NIBER®, que utilitzats com portaempelts han obtingut bons resultats en terme de rendiment en condicions d'estrés hídric i salí, i generar informació respecte als diferents mecanismes fisiològics i moleculars responsables d'aquesta tolerància. No obstant això, fins hui, la informació continua sent limitada en diferents sentits: no s'ha estudiat en profunditat l'efecte de l'empelt a les altes temperatures; no s'ha aprofundit en l'estudi dels mecanismes de tolerància del portaempelt NIBER® enfront de l'estrés hídric causat per un reg deficitari controlat; i finalment, cap estudi s'ha centrat en estudiar els efectes del propi empelt sobre el rendiment i qualitat dels fruits de varietats tradicionals de pimentó. En aquest sentit, els objectius que s'han plantejat en aquesta tesi doctoral han sigut: I) avaluació fisiològica i agronòmica de la tolerància a l'estrés supra-tèrmic d'accessions de Capsicum annuum L. utilitzades com portaempelts; II) estudi dels mecanismes fisiològics que subjauen en el comportament de portaempelts tolerants a estrés supra-tèrmic; III) estudi de les bases del comportament agronòmic i fisiològic de portaempelts de pimentó tolerants a estrés hídric en condicions controlades de reg deficitari; IV) avaluació agronòmica i de la qualitat del fruit de varietats tradicionals de pimentó empeltades sobre patrons tolerants a estressos abiòtics. En aquesta tesi doctoral, d'una banda, hem sigut capaços de seleccionar accessions de pimentó, especialment A57, que utilitzades com portaempelts confereixen a la varietat empeltada un cert grau de tolerància a l'estrés tèrmic per altes temperatures. També hem pogut comprovar que aquests portaempelts tolerants permeten a la varietat generar respostes adaptatives als efectes negatius d'aquest estrés mitjançant la modificació del seu comportament fisiològic, disminuint la fugida d'electròlits i l'acumulació de H2O2, i augmentant el contingut de clorofil·les i carotenoides en les fulles. Aquesta resposta fisiològica observada en les fulles resulta en una millor adaptació fisiològica en la seua fase reproductiva, millorant el contingut de prolina en les anteres i la viabilitat dels grans de pol·len, incrementant amb això el quallat de fruits i en conseqüència el rendiment comercial. D'altra banda, la tolerància a l'estrés hídric conferida pel portaempelt NIBER® és conseqüència d'una modificació fisiològica que permet mantenir els nivells de fotosíntesi amb una adequada eficiència en l'ús de l'aigua, resultant en un major rendiment comercial. En aquest sentit, l'ús de l'estratègia de reg deficitari combinada amb l'ús de portaempelts tolerants a l'estrés hídric i amb un major desenvolupament radical, com és el cas del NIBER®, pot considerar-se útil per a reduir el consum d'aigua, esmorteint els efectes negatius de l'estrés sobre el rendiment, degut principalment a la menor incidència de BER. Finalment, hem sigut capaços de constatar que l'ús de portaem / [EN] Currently, abiotic stresses are one of the main limitations in agricultural production and food security. The search for strategies to achieve a better tolerance to abiotic stresses is an objective of great interest worldwide, especially in the face of supra-thermal stress, considering the global warming scenario in which we find ourselves. One way to overcome environmental stresses, under the prism of an integrated or ecological management of the crop, is the use of grafted plants as an adaptation strategy. In pepper, a crop of great economic importance in our country, the lesser use of the grafting technique is due to the lack of rootstocks with sufficient adaptability to abiotic stress conditions. In this sense, the mixed research team between Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), which includes this doctoral thesis, has been able to select different pepper accessions and hybrids, including the NIBER® hybrid, which used as rootstocks have obtained good results in terms of yield under conditions of water and saline stress, and generate information regarding the different physiological and molecular mechanisms responsible for said tolerance. However, to date, the information remains limited in different ways: the effect of grafting at high temperatures has not been studied in depth; the study of the tolerance mechanisms of the NIBER® rootstock against water stress caused by controlled deficit irrigation has not been studied in depth; and finally, no study has focused on analyzing the effects of the graft itself on the yield and quality of the fruits of traditional pepper varieties. In this sense, the objectives that have been set in this doctoral thesis have been: I) physiological and agronomic evaluation of the tolerance to supra-thermal stress of accessions of Capsicum annuum L. used as rootstocks; II) study of the physiological mechanisms that underlie the behavior of rootstocks tolerant to supra-thermal stress; III) study of the bases of the agronomic and physiological behavior of pepper rootstocks tolerant to water stress under controlled conditions of deficit irrigation; IV) agronomic and fruit quality evaluation of traditional pepper varieties grafted on rootstocks tolerant to abiotic stresses. In this doctoral thesis, on the one hand, we have been able to select pepper accessions, especially A57, which, when used as rootstocks, give the grafted variety a certain degree of tolerance to thermal stress from high temperatures. We have also been able to verify that these tolerant rootstocks allow the variety to generate adaptive responses to the negative effects of this stress by modifying its physiological behavior, decreasing electrolyte leakage and H2O2 accumulation, and increasing the content of chlorophylls and carotenoids in the leaves. This physiological response observed in the leaves results in a better physiological adaptation in its reproductive phase, improving the proline content in the anthers and the viability of pollen grains, thereby increasing fruit set and consequently commercial yield. On the other hand, the tolerance to water stress conferred by the NIBER® rootstock is the consequence of a physiological modification that allows maintaining photosynthesis levels with an adequate water use efficiency, resulting in a higher commercial yield. In this sense, the use of the deficit irrigation strategy combined with the use of tolerant rootstocks to water stress and with greater root development, as is the case of NIBER®, can be considered useful to reduce water consumption, cushioning the negative stress effects on yield, mainly due to the lower incidence of blossom-end rot (BER). Finally, we have been able to verify that the use of tolerant rootstocks to abiotic stresses, such as NIBER®, in traditional pepper varieties could be a useful technique to improve the yield and commercial quality of this crop, mainly by reducing the incidence of BER, / Esta tesis doctoral ha sido realizada gracias a la financiación del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) mediante los proyectos RTA-2017- 00030-C02 y PID2020-118824RR-C2, y a la financiación del Ministerio de Universidades a través de un contrato predoctoral FPU (FPU18/00564) / Gisbert Mullor, R. (2023). Análisis de la variabilidad genética del género Capsicum frente a estreses abióticos para su uso como portainjertos. Estudio de los mecanismos fisiológicos de tolerancia, del comportamiento agronómico y de la calidad del fruto [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/196652 / Compendio

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Since 1990s, rechargeable Li-ion batteries have been widely used in consumer electronics such as cell phones, global positioning systems (GPS), personnel digital assistants (PDA), digital cameras, and laptop computers. Recently Li-ion batteries received considerable attention as a major power source for electric vehicles. However, significant technical challenges still exist for widely deploying Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles. For instance, the energy density of Li-ion batteries is not high enough to support a long-distance commute. The Li-ion batteries used for the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt only can support 50 – 100 miles per charge. The cost of Li-ion battery packs in electric vehicles is still high. The battery pack for the Chevy Volt costs about $8,000, and the larger one in the Nissan Leaf costs about $12,000. To address these problems, new Li-ion battery electrode materials with high energy density and low cost should be developed. Among Li-ion battery cathode materials, vanadium pentoxide, V2O5, is one of the earliest oxides studied as a cathode for Li-ion batteries because of its low cost, abundance, easy synthesis, and high energy density. However, its practical reversible capacity has been limited due to its irreversible structural change when Li insertion is more than x = 1. Tremendous efforts have been made over the last twenty years to improve the phase reversibility of LixV2O5 (e.g., 0 ≤ x ≤ 2) because of vanadium pentoxides’ potential use as high capacity cathodes in Li-ion batteries. In this thesis, a new strategy was studied to develop vanadium pentoxide cathode materials with improved phase reversibility. The first study is to synthesize vanadium oxide cathodes via a new chemical route – creating a phase transformation from the vanadium sulfide to oxide. The β-Na0.33V2O5 was prepared via a new method of chemical synthesis, involving the chemical transformation of NaVS2 via heat-treatment at 600 °C in atmospheric air. The β-Na0.33V2O5 particles were well crystalized and rod-shaped, measuring 7–15 μm long and 1–3 μm wide with the formation of the crystal defects on the surface of the particles. In contrast to previous reports contained in the literature, Na ions were extracted, without any structural collapse, from the β -Na0.33V2O5 structure and replaced with Li ions during cycling of the cell in the voltage range, 1.5 V to 4.5 V. This eventually resulted in a fully reversible Li intercalation into the LixV2O5 structure when 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 2.0. The second study is to apply the synthesis method to LiVS2 for the synthesis of β׳-LixV2O5 for use as a high performance cathode. The synthesis method is based on the heat treatment of the pure LiVS2 in atmospheric air. By employing this method of synthesis, well-crystalized, rod-shaped β׳-LixV2O5 particles 20 – 30 μm in length and 3 – 6 μm in width were obtained. Moreover, the surface of β׳-LixV2O5 particles was found to be coated by an amorphous vanadium oxysulfide film (~20 nm in thickness). In contrast to a low temperature vanadium pentoxide phase (LixV2O5), the electrochemical intercalation of lithium into the β׳-LixV2O5 was fully reversible where 0.0 < x < 2.0, and it delivered a capacity of 310 mAh/g at a current rate of 0.07 C between 1.5 V and 4 V. Good capacity retention of more than 88% was also observed after 50 cycles even at a higher current rate of 2 C. The third study is the investigation of NaVS2 as a cathode intercalation material for sodium ion batteries. We have shown that reversible electrochemical deintercalation of x ~ 1.0 Na per formula unit of NaxVS2, corresponding to a capacity of ~200 mAh/g, is possible. And a stable capacity of ~120 mAh/g after 30 cycles was observed. These studies show that the new chemical synthesis route for creating a phase transformation from the vanadium sulfide to oxide by heat treatment in air is a promising method for preparing vanadium oxide cathode material with high reversibility. Although this sample shows a relatively low voltage range compared with other cathodes such as LiCoO2 (3.8 V) and LiFePO4 (3.4 V), the large capacity of this sample is quite attractive in terms of increasing energy density in Li-ion batteries. Also, NaVS2 could be a promising cathode material for sodium ion batteries.

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