The effects of calcination temperature (500-1000°C) and lithium oxide-doping (4 and 10 mole %) on solid-solid interactions between A1203 and V205 were investigated using DTA, TG and their derivatives together with XRD techniques.The results obtained revealed that no solid-solid interaction between vanadium and aluminium oxides occured at 500°C. These oxides interacted in part, at 650°C to produce AIV04, the completion of this reaction requires a prolonged heating at this temperature. LinO-doping much enhanced the interaction yielding AIV04, the presence of 4 mole %was found sufficient to stimulate the complete conversion of V205 into aluminium vanadate. Aluminium vanadate produced in the case of pure mixed solids decomposed entirely by heating at 750°C giving a well crystallized VnOsand an amorphous alumina. On the other hand, lithium oxide-doping much increased the thermal stability of A N 0 4 at 750°C and led also to the formation of AIV03 and LiV10025 phases.The heating of pure mixed oxides in air at 1000°C resulted in the formation of alpha-alumina (corrundum) together with V2O5. This treatment, in the case of doped mixed solids, effected the formation of alpha-AlnO3, V2O5 and LiVlo025 phases. The last compound was formed at 750°C and remained stable by heating at 1000°C. The promotion effect of Li2O in AIV04 formation was tentatively attributed to dissolution of a small portion of Li2O in V205 lattice with subsequent increase in the mobility of V+5 ions.