Curvature drastically changes diffusion properties of Li and Na on graphene

MRS Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-175

  Koh, Yang Wei ^a   Manzhos, Sergei ^b  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; LITHIUM; SODIUM;

AB INITIO STUDY; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; METAL ATOMS; RATE CAPABILITIES;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 84885599567     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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