Binding energy and work function of organic electrode materials phenanthraquinone, pyromellitic dianhydride and their derivatives adsorbed on graphene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16267-16275

  Yu, Yang Xin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Electroactive organic compound; First principles; Graphene; Work function

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; CATHODES; COMPLEXATION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROLYTES; GRAPHENE; METAL IONS; METALS; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; WORK FUNCTION;

CYCLING PERFORMANCE; DISPERSION CORRECTION; ELECTROACTIVE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; INTERFACIAL DIPOLES; NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; PYROMELLITIC DIANHYDRIDE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84912050952     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504452a     Document Type: Article

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