Atomistic mechanisms of phase boundary evolution during initial lithiation of crystalline silicon

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 17247-17253

  Kim, Sang Pil ^a   Datta, Dibakar ^b   Shenoy, Vivek B ^c  

^a Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE BOUNDARIES; SILICON;

ATOMICALLY SHARP INTERFACE; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; CRYSTALLINE-TO-AMORPHOUS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; REACTIVE FORCE FIELD; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84905833762     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502523t     Document Type: Article

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