The first-cycle electrochemical lithiation of crystalline Ge: Dopant and orientation dependence and comparison with Si

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3092-3095

  Chan, Maria K Y ^a   Long, Brandon R ^b   Gewirth, Andrew A ^b   Greeley, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

ANODE MATERIAL; CRYSTALLINE GE; DOPANT DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIATION; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GERMANIDES; HIGH-CAPACITY; LI INSERTION; LI-ION BATTERIES; LITHIATION; MICRO STRUCTURING; ONSET VOLTAGES; ORIENTATION DEPENDENCE; P-TYPE; RAMAN DATA; RATE CAPABILITIES;

ANODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY CONVERSION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 84859726509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201432d     Document Type: Article

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