A Comparative First-Principles Study on Sodiation of Silicon, Germanium, and Tin for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 14843-14850

  Chou, Chia Yun ^a   Lee, Myungsuk ^b   Hwang, Gyeong S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ANODES; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; GERMANIUM; IONS; LITHIUM ALLOYS; METAL IONS; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; ISOLATED CLUSTER; LITHIATION PROCESS; SODIUM ION BATTERIES; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; VOLUME EXPANSION;

LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES;

EID: 84936884449     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01099     Document Type: Article

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