First-principles studies of lithium adsorption and diffusion on graphene with grain boundaries

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 28055-28062

  Zhou, Liu Jiang ^a,b   Hou, Z F ^c   Wu, Li Ming ^a   Zhang, Yong Fan ^d  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ADSORPTION; CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEFECTS; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHENE;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; BOUNDARY ZONES; CARBON ATOMS; CHARGE ANALYSIS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; LI ADSORPTIONS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84949116666     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5102175     Document Type: Article

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