Binding and diffusion of lithium in graphite: Quantum Monte Carlo benchmarks and validation of van der Waals density functional methods

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5318-5323

  Ganesh, P ^a   Kim, Jeongnim ^a   Park, Changwon ^a   Yoon, Mina ^a   Reboredo, Fernando A ^a   Kent, Paul R C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84916595730     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500617z     Document Type: Article

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