%0 Journal Article %T Hydrothermal Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of a-MnO2 Nanorods as Cathode Material for Lithium Batteries %A Yanyan Yang %A Lifen Xiao %A Yanqiang Zhao and Fengyun Wang %J International Journal of Electrochemical Science %D 2008 %I Electrochemical Science Group %X One dimensional(1-D) a- MnO2 nanorods with diameters of 10กซ20nm are directly prepared by hydrothermal treatment of g- MnO2. When used as lithium intercalation cathode, the a- MnO2 nanorods have delivered specific capacity of 220, 189 and152mAh/g at the current of 10, 50, and 100mA/g respectively. Also, the nanorods have exhibited quite good cycling stability with a cycling capacity of 130mAh/g after the 25th cycle. The results demonstrated a possible use of the a-MnO2 nanorods as a competitive cathode material for rechargeable lithium battery. %K a- MnO2 nanorod %K hydrothermal %K rechargeable lithium battery %U www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol3/3010067.pdf