Li adsorption on a Fullerene-Single wall carbon nanotube hybrid system: Density functional theory approach

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1748-1754

  Koh, Wonsang ^a   Choi, Ji Ii ^b   Jeong, Euigyung ^c   Lee, Seung Geol ^d   Jang, Seung Soon ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anode; CNT; Density functional theory; Fullerene; Lithium batteries

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FULLERENES; LITHIUM BATTERIES;

CNT; LI ADSORPTIONS;

ANODES;

EID: 84908451732     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2014.09.031     Document Type: Article

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