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LiMn 2 O 4 is an attractive candidate cathode material for Li-ion rechargeable batteries, but it suffers from severe capacity fading, especially at higher temperature (55 • C) during charging/discharging processes. Recently, many attempts have been made to synthesize modified LiMn 2 O 4 . In this work, a new study on the synthesis of pure and U 4+ -doped nano lithium manganese oxide [LiMn 2−x U x O 4 , (x = 0.00, 0.01, 0.03)] via solid-state method was introduced. The synthesized LiMn 1.97 U 0.03 O 4 was irradiated by γ-radiation (10 and 30 kGy). The green samples and the resulting spinel products were characterized using thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements. XRD and SEM studies revealed nano-sized particles in all prepared samples. Direct-current (DC) electrical conductivity measurements indicated that these samples are semiconductors and the activation energies decrease with increasing rare-earth U 4+ content and γ-irradiation. ∆E a equals to 0.304 eV for LiMn 1.99 U 0.01 O 4 , ∆E a is 0.282 eV for LiMn 1.97 U 0.03 O 4 and decreases to ∆E a = 0.262 eV for γ-irradiated LiMn 1.97 U 0.03 O 4 nano spinel. The data obtained for the investigated samples increase their attractiveness in modern electronic technology.

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Pristine lithium manganate (LiMn2O4) and Ag1+, Y3+ double doped nano lithium manganate [LiMn2−2x AgxYxO4, (x = 0.025, 0.05)] spinels were synthesized via a coprecipitation method for rechargeable batteries applications. The synthesized LiMn1.9Ag0.05Y0.05O4 was exposed to different doses of γ-irradiation (10 and 30 kGy). The resulting spinel products were characterized by using thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive analysis of X-rays (EDAX), electronic (UV-Vis) and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra. LiMn2O4 exhibited a discharge capacity of 124 mAhg−1 while LiMn1.9Ag0.05Y0.05O4 had discharge capacities of 129 and 137 mAhg−1 for non irradiated and γ-irradiated (30 kGy) samples, respectively. The effects of the dopant cations and γ-irradiation on the discharge capacity and DC-electrical conductivity of some synthesized spinels were studied.