The redox reaction of Mn in Li2MnO3 was studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and ab initio multiplet calculation. Associated with the de-intercalation of Li-ion, small but clear spectral changes were observed in Mn-L2,3 X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES). The systematic ab initio multiplet calculations of Mn-L2,3 XANES revealed that the spectral changes in the experiment could not simply be ascribed to the change of the valency from Mn4+ to Mn5+ but can be explained well by the changes of local atomic structures around Mn4+ due to the Li de-intercalation. Our results suggest that the electronic state of oxygen should change during charging in Li2MnO3.
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