scholarly journals Li-Metal Anode in Dilute Electrolyte LiFSI/TMP: Electrochemical Stability Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (40) ◽  
pp. 21919-21934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego E. Galvez-Aranda ◽  
Jorge M. Seminario
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electrochemical Stability ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Li Metal Anode

scholarly journals Why Is Tetrahydrofuran a Good Solvent for Calcium Batteries? Insights From Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreyas Pathreeker ◽  
Ian Hosein
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Design Principle ◽  
Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
Cyclic Ether ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Electrolyte Component ◽  
Calcium Metal ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Calcium batteries are rapidly emerging as a potential, future energy storage technology; however, their advancement relies heavily on understanding of the liquid electrolyte component in terms of stability and interactions with a calcium metal anode. Tetrahydrofuran, a cyclic ether, is an experimentally common and promising solvent for the preparation of stable and efficient calcium electrolytes. However, insights into the reasons why are lacking, which could unveil key principles to electrolyte design. In this report, we provide a theoretical study employing ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of the interactions of Ca metal with the cyclic ether tetrahydrofuran (THF). The results show that the electrochemical breakdown and decomposition of THF at the Ca surface is highly orientation- and surface-site dependent, thereby significantly reducing the likelihood of its instability in a randomly organized bulk solvent. Likewise, in bulk electrolytes, its likelihood for breakdown is further diminished, in preference for coordination Ca2+ to form solvated structure. Hence, the finding that molecules require such strict conditions for their decomposition is an important selection and design principle for any solvent to prepare suitable calcium electrolytes. These findings are critical to the advancement of the calcium batteries.

scholarly journals Solid electrolyte interphase formation between the Li0.29La0.57TiO3 solid-state electrolyte and a Li-metal anode: an ab initio molecular dynamics study

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 9000-9015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego E. Galvez-Aranda ◽  
Jorge M. Seminario
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Solid State ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Solid Electrolyte Interphase ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Solid State Electrolyte ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Electrochemical Interface ◽  
Formation And Evolution

An ab initio molecular dynamics study of an electrochemical interface between a solid-state-electrolyte Li0.29La0.57TiO3 and Li-metal to analyze interphase formation and evolution when external electric fields are applied.

scholarly journals Why Is Tetrahydrofuran a Good Solvent for Calcium Batteries? Insights From Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreyas Pathreeker ◽  
Ian D. Hosein
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Design Principle ◽  
Liquid Electrolyte ◽  
Cyclic Ether ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Metal Anode ◽  
Electrolyte Component ◽  
Calcium Metal ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Calcium batteries are rapidly emerging as a potential, future energy storage technology; however, their advancement relies heavily on understanding of the liquid electrolyte component in terms of stability and interactions with a calcium metal anode. Tetrahydrofuran, a cyclic ether, is an experimentally common and promising solvent for the preparation of stable and efficient calcium electrolytes. However, insights into the reasons why are lacking, which could unveil key principles to electrolyte design. In this report, we provide a theoretical study employing ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of the interactions of Ca metal with the cyclic ether tetrahydrofuran (THF). The results show that the electrochemical breakdown and decomposition of THF at the Ca surface is highly orientation- and surface-site dependent, thereby significantly reducing the likelihood of its instability in a randomly organized bulk solvent. Likewise, in bulk electrolytes, its likelihood for breakdown is further diminished, in preference for coordination Ca2+ to form solvated structure. Hence, the finding that molecules require such strict conditions for their decomposition is an important selection and design principle for any solvent to prepare suitable calcium electrolytes. These findings are critical to the advancement of the calcium batteries.

Combustion Driven by Fragment-based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqun Cao ◽  
Jinzhe Zeng ◽  
Mingyuan Xu ◽  
Chih-Hao Chin ◽  
Tong Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Methane Combustion ◽  
Combustion Method ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Combustion Mechanism ◽  
Daily Lives

Combustion is a kind of important reaction that affects people's daily lives and the development of aerospace. Exploring the reaction mechanism contributes to the understanding of combustion and the more efficient use of fuels. Ab initio quantum mechanical (QM) calculation is precise but limited by its computational time for large-scale systems. In order to carry out reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for combustion accurately and quickly, we develop the MFCC-combustion method in this study, which calculates the interaction between atoms using QM method at the level of MN15/6-31G(d). Each molecule in systems is treated as a fragment, and when the distance between any two atoms in different molecules is greater than 3.5 Å, a new fragment involved two molecules is produced in order to consider the two-body interaction. The deviations of MFCC-combustion from full system calculations are within a few kcal/mol, and the result clearly shows that the calculated energies of the different systems using MFCC-combustion are close to converging after the distance thresholds are larger than 3.5 Å for the two-body QM interactions. The methane combustion was studied with the MFCC-combustion method to explore the combustion mechanism of the methane-oxygen system.

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