First-Principles Study of Phosphorene and Graphene Heterostructure as Anode Materials for Rechargeable Li Batteries

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 5002-5008

  Guo, Gen Cai ^a,b   Wang, Da ^b   Wei, Xiao Lin ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Liu, Hao ^b,c   Lau, Woon Ming ^b,c   Liu, Li Min ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^c Chengdu Green Energy and Green Manufacturing Technology R and D Center   (China)

Author keywords

first principles; graphene; heterostructure; phosphorene

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; STIFFNESS;

ANODE MATERIAL; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; PHOSPHORENE; RECHARGEABLE LI BATTERIES; SYNERGY EFFECT; ULTRA-HIGH STIFFNESS;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84951984425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02513     Document Type: Article

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