| Author Preamble | 6 |
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| Table of Contents | 7 |
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| List of Figures | 9 |
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| List of Tables | 12 |
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| Notation | 13 |
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| List of Abbreviations | 14 |
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| Abstract | 16 |
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| 1 Introduction | 17 |
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| 1.1 Introduction to Molecular Metal Oxides | 17 |
| 1.1.1 General Aspects | 17 |
| 1.1.2 Formation of POMs via Self-assembly | 20 |
| 1.1.3 Vanadium-based Polyoxometalates | 21 |
| 1.2 Introduction to Lithium-ion Batteries | 25 |
| 1.2.1 Electrochemical Fundamentals | 26 |
| 1.2.2 State-of-the-art LIBs | 30 |
| 1.2.3 POMs in Electrochemical Energy Storage Application | 33 |
| 1.3 Short Introduction to Key Measurement Techniques | 36 |
| 1.3.1 X-ray Diffraction | 36 |
| 1.3.2 Scanning Electron Microscopy | 37 |
| 1.3.3 Infrared Spectroscopy | 38 |
| 1.3.4 Cyclic Voltammetry | 39 |
| 1.3.5 Galvanostatic Testing | 39 |
| 2 Objective | 41 |
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| 3 Results and Discussion | 43 |
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| 3.1 Synthesis and Characterization of DMA{V10} | 43 |
| 3.1.1 Removal of Crystal Water and Structural Stability | 48 |
| 3.1.2 Morphological Characterization | 52 |
| 3.1.3 XPS measurement | 54 |
| 3.2 DMA{V10} as Cathode Material | 58 |
| 3.2.1 Electrochemical Characterization | 64 |
| 3.2.2 Post-mortem Analysis | 75 |
| 3.3 Dehydrated DMA{V10} as Cathode Material | 78 |
| 3.3.1 Electrode Preparation | 79 |
| 3.3.2 Electrochemical Characterization | 80 |
| 3.3.3 Post-mortem Analysis | 89 |
| 4 Conclusion | 91 |
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| 5 Experimental | 96 |
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| 5.1 Material | 96 |
| 5.2 Instrumentation | 97 |
| 5.2.1 Material and Structural Characterization | 97 |
| 5.2.2 Electrochemical Characterization | 98 |
| 5.3 Synthesis and Characterization | 99 |
| 5.3.1 Synthesis of (DMA{V10} | 99 |
| 5.3.2 Thermal Dehydration of (DMA{V10} | 100 |
| 5.3.3 Thermal Decomposition of (DMA{V10} | 101 |
| 5.4 Electrode Preparation | 102 |
| 5.4.1 Electrode Preparation: E-70 | 102 |
| 5.4.2 Electrode Preparation: E-40 | 106 |
| 5.4.3 Electrode Preparation: E-120-70 | 109 |
| 5.4.4 Electrode Preparation: E-120-40 | 111 |
| 5.5 Crystal Data of (C2H8N)5Li[V10O28]·5H2O | 115 |
| References | 116 |