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From: Insights into the electrochemical performance of metal fluoride cathodes for lithium batteries

Figure 12. Schematic diagram of formation mechanism of partially hollow HMIFs. From steps 1 to 5: mixing the reactants; combining the solvated ions; initial stage emerging of nanoparticles; Ostwald ripening process; final state of the products. Reproduced from Ref.[39] with permission. Copyright 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry.