@article{PATENT,
      recid = {7743},
      title = {Lithium metal oxide electrodes for lithium batteries},
      number = {PATENT},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {An uncycled preconditioned electrode for a non-aqueous  lithium electrochemical cell including a lithium metal  oxide having the formula  Li&lt;SUB&gt;(2+2x)/(2+x)&lt;/SUB&gt;M'&lt;SUB&gt;2x/(2+x)&lt;/SUB&gt;M&lt;SUB&gt;(2-2x)/(2+x)&lt;/SUB&gt;O&lt;SUB&gt;2-delta&lt;/SUB&gt;,  in which 0&lt;=x&lt;1 and delta is less than 0.2, and in which M  is a non-lithium metal ion with an average trivalent  oxidation state selected from two or more of the first row  transition metals or lighter metal elements in the periodic  table, and M' is one or more ions with an average  tetravalent oxidation state selected from the first and  second row transition metal elements and Sn, and an  uncycled electrode of the formula  xLi&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;M'O&lt;SUB&gt;3&lt;/SUB&gt;.(1-x)LiMO&lt;SUB&gt;2&lt;/SUB&gt;, in  which 0&lt;=x&lt;1, and in which M is a non-lithium metal ion  with an average trivalent oxidation state selected from two  or more first-row transition metals or lighter metal  elements in the periodic table, and M' is one or more ions  with an average tetravalent oxidation state selected from  the first- and second-row transition metal elements and Sn,  the electrode being preconditioned in a proton-containing  medium with a pH&lt;7.0. Methods of preconditioning the  electrodes are disclosed as are electrochemical cells and  batteries containing the electrodes.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/7743},
}