_______________________

STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY Manuscript Reference: AP09442

________________________

Title: Characterizations of La doped Nano size LiCo0.2Ni0.8O2 cathode materials for

rechargeable lithium batteries

Authors : G. Paruthimal Kalaignan, D. Arumugam

1. Authorship
G. Paruthimal Kalaignan, D. Arumugam

1.1 Does the paper describe work carried out by the authors ?
Yes

1.2 Has anyone else contributed to the work, to the paper or taken part in its preparation?
If so, please name them:
N. Pandiselvi

1.3 Does the paper give proper acknowledgement to all contributors other than the
authors named above?
Yes
1.4 To the best of your knowledge, is the work described in the paper original? If the
paper includes work which is not original or which has been copied from another source,
please give details.

we have declared the article “Characterizations of La doped Nano size

LiCo0.2Ni0.8O2 cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries” is original, has
been written by the stated authors (D. Arumugam, G.Paruthimal Kalaignan) who
are all aware of its content and approve its submission, has not been published
previously. It is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, no conflict of
interest exists.

2. Publication elsewhere
2.1 Has the paper been presented at any conference / congress / symposium etc? If the
answer is ‘yes’ please upload a copy of the material presented and give details (in a
covering letter) of how the submission to EPJ AP is a significant enhancement of the
previous work
No
2.2 Please confirm that the paper has not been published in any journal, or other form of
publication (in any language).

This paper has not been published in any journal, or other form of
publication (in any language).

2.3 Please confirm that the paper is not presently under consideration for publication in
any other journal or other form of publication.
We assure that the paper is not presently under consideration for publication
in any other journal or other form of publication.

3. Permission
Has your employer (or any person who commissioned the work described in the paper)
agreed to its submission to EPJ AP with a view to publication?
Agreed

I / We, G. Paruthimal Kalaignan, authors of the above paper, confirm that the above
statements are correct, that the paper contains nothing defamatory, and that it may be
submitted to The European Physical Journal Applied Physics with a view to publication.
I/We agree that The European Physical Journal Applied Physics shall be entitled to be
fully indemnified by me/us against all claims:
(a) that the paper is defamatory, or (b) that the paper infringes the copyright of any third
party, or (c) arising from any negligent or wilful mis-statements in the answers to this
Statement of Originality.

We have given running title within 75 character in the manuscript

Date

Signed
 DECLARATION

Herewith, we have declared the article “Characterizations of La doped

Nano size LiCo0.2Ni0.8O2 cathode materials for rechargeable lithium

batteries” is original, has been written by the stated authors (D. Arumugam,

G.Paruthimal Kalaignan) who are all aware of its content and approve its

submission, has not been published previously. It is not under consideration for

publication elsewhere, no conflict of interest exists. If such conflict exists, the

exact nature of the conflict must be declared. If accepted, the article will not be

published elsewhere in the same form , in any language, without the written

consent of the publisher.

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. G. Paruthimal Kalaignan