Anomalous Stagewise Lithiation of Gold-Coated Silicon Nanowires: A Combined in Situ Characterization and First-Principles Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 16976-16983

  Chou, Chia Yun ^a   Seo, Jong Hyun ^c   Tsai, Yu Hao ^a   Ahn, Jae Pyoung ^c   Paek, Eunsu ^b   Cho, Mann Ho ^d   Choi, In Suk ^c   Hwang, Gyeong S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

density functional theory calculation; gold coated silicon nanowire; in situ characterization; lithium ion battery; stagewise lithiation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON;

EFFECTS OF PRESENCE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; LITHIATION; LITHIATION PROCESS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SITU SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOLD COATINGS;

EID: 84939164085     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01930     Document Type: Article

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