The slight difference may be caused by the tiny difference in the battery package pressure by manual operation or the tiny difference in the amount of electrolyte added to the Li/MnO2 cells by manual operation. Considering the tiny difference in manual operation, the small difference of R s is acceptable

since the ohmic electrolyte resistances of the MnO2 micromaterials are similar. The R sf and R ct of the urchin-like MnO2 are much lower than that of the caddice-clew-like MnO2. It proves that the Li-ion migration resistance through the SEI films and charge transfer resistance of the urchin-like MnO2 are much lower than that of the caddice-clew-like MnO2. Here, the influence of the tiny difference in the battery package pressure and the amount of electrolyte on the R sf and R ct can be neglected. So, the urchin-like this website morphology is more favorable for lithium ion diffusion and transfer, and the reaction of MnO2 micromaterials with lithium ion is much easier. Table 1 R s , R sf , and R ct calculated from Nyquist plots for the MnO 2 materials   R s (Ω cm2) R sf (Ω cm2) R ct (Ω cm2)

a 8.05 121.40 146.90 b 7.12 94.66 43.64 a, caddice-clew-like MnO2 sample; b, urchin-like MnO2 MRT67307 mouse sample. Conclusions In summary, two MnO2 micromaterials with urchin-like and caddice-clew-like SB-715992 research buy morphologies are prepared by hydrothermal method. Both the crystalline phases are α-MnO2, which is essential to evaluate the relationship between electrochemical performances and morphologies of MnO2 crystals as anodes for lithium-ion battery application. Both the as-prepared α-MnO2 exhibit high initial specific capacity, but the discharge cycling stability is poor. Just in case of this research, the urchin-like MnO2 material has better electrochemical performance. The results suggest that different morphologies indeed have influence on electrochemical performances of MnO2 micromaterials in the application of lithium-ion battery. This study also gives us advice to make shell coating on the as-prepared

MnO2 micromaterials to improve the cycling stability. Acknowledgements This work was financially supported by the Program for Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in the University of Yunnan Province (2010UY08, 2011UY09), Yunnan Fludarabine in vitro Provincial Innovation Team (2011HC008), the General Program of the Application and Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province (2013FZ080), the Youth Fund Research Project of Yunnan Minzu University (2012QN01), the Key Project of Scientific Research Foundation of the Educational Bureau of Yunnan Province (2013Z039), and the Graduate Program of Scientific Research Foundation of the Educational Bureau of Yunnan Province (2013J120C). References 1. Sui N, Duan Y, Jiao X, Chen D: Large-scale preparation and catalytic properties of one-dimensional MnO 2 nanostructures. J Phys Chem C 2009, 113:8560–8565.CrossRef 2.