Manganese(IV) fluoride Manganese(IV) fluoride Manganese tetrafluoride, MnF, is the highest fluoride of manganese. It is a powerful oxidizing agent and is used as a means of purifying elemental fluorine. Manganese tetrafluoride was first unequivocally prepared in 1961 by the reaction of manganese(II) fluoride (or other Mn compounds) with a stream of fluorine gas at 550 °C: the MnF sublimes into the gas stream and condenses onto a cold finger. This is still the commonest method of preparation, although the sublimation can be avoided by operating at increased fluorine pressure (4.5–6 bar at 180–320 °C) and mechanically agitating the powder to avoid sintering
Lithium ion manganese oxide battery made of alternating layers of lithium ions and lithium and manganese ions in a 1:2 ratio, similar to the layered structure of . Although is electrochemically inactive, it can be charged to a high potential (4.5 V v.s Li) in order to undergo lithiation/de-lithiation. However, extracting lithium from at such a high potential results in loss of oxygen from the electrode surface which leads to poor capacity and cycling stability. One of the main research efforts in the field of lithium-manganese oxide electrodes for lithium-ion batteries involves developing composite electrodes using structurally integrated layered and spinel , with a chemical