Electrochemical properties of a LiMn 2 O 4 film in 1 M LiPF 6 / PC + EC solution was studied by means of the electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) at an elevated temperature (50°C). The film preparation was conducted by an electrostatic spray deposition, which enabled us to obtain a uniform and dense film of LiMn 2 O 4 on a QCM electrode at low temperature (400°C) to avoid the thermal damage of the quartz. During the galvanostatic charge‐discharge experiment, the mass of electrode specimen increased, most likely due to the formation of a passivation film. If an as‐prepared electrode was only immersed in the LiPF 6 solution at 50°C, the mass of electrode decreased steadily, resulting eventually in extinction of the manganese film. Such manganese dissolution was attended by a shift of open circuit voltage from 3.8 to 4.3 V vs . Li, suggesting a formation for λ ‐ MnO 2 as an intermediate in the dissolution reaction.
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Uchiyama et al. (2000) studied this question.