Electronic origin for the phase transition from amorphous LixSi to crystalline Li15Si4

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6303-6309

  Gu, Meng ^a   Wang, Zhiguo ^b,c   Connell, Justin G ^d   Perea, Daniel E ^a   Lauhon, Lincoln J ^d   Gao, Fei ^b   Wang, Chongmin ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS; electronic structure; in situ TEM; lithiation; phase transition; Si

Indexed keywords

ANODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY CALCULATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; IN-SITU TEM; LITHIATION; SOLID-STATE AMORPHIZATION;

ANODES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LITHIUM; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

LITHIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LITHIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SILICON;

EID: 84880830702     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402349j     Document Type: Article

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