Lithium concentration dependent elastic properties of battery electrode materials from first principles calculations

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2014, Pages F3010-F3018

  Qi, Yue ^a   Hector, Louis G ^b   James, Christine ^a   Kim, Kwang Jin ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCULATIONS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MANGANESE OXIDE; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; DIFFUSION INDUCED STRESS; DUCTILE TO BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; FIRST PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT) CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LI-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES; OLIVINE STRUCTURES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84923358335     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.0031411jes     Document Type: Article

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