Modelling and simulation of electron-rich effect on Li diffusion in group IVA elements (Si, Ge and Sn) for Li ion batteries

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 2, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 13976-13982

  Wang, Zhiguo ^a   Su, Qiulei ^b   Deng, Huiqiu ^b   He, Weidong ^a   Lin, Junhao ^c   Fu, Y Q ^d  

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

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; GERMANIUM; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; TIN;

DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT) CALCULATIONS; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; NUDGED ELASTIC BAND;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84905576248     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01614a     Document Type: Article

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