scholarly journals Revealing the formation and electrochemical properties of bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide intercalated graphite with first-principles calculations

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 14124-14132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chol-Jun Yu ◽  
Un-Song Ri ◽  
Gum-Chol Ri ◽  
Jin-Song Kim

The formation energies of TFSI–Cn GICs, electrode voltages, and activation barriers for TFSI migration are obtained with first-principles calculations.

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 3111-3114
Author(s):  
Masataka Mizuno ◽  
Hideki Araki ◽  
Yasuharu Shirai

Some of intermetallic compounds exist in a wide range of concentration around the stoichiometric composition. First-principles electronic structure calculations have been performed for constitutional defects in non-stoichiometric CoAl and CoTi in order to investigate their stabilities and structural relaxations induced by constitutional defects. For the evaluation of stabilities of constitutional defects, the compositional dependence curves both of formation energies and of lattice parameters are obtained by the calculations employing supercells in various sizes. The lattice relaxations around constitutional defects are discussed by analyzing the change in electronic structures induced by constitutional defects.


2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 3095-3098
Author(s):  
Katsuyuki Matsunaga ◽  
Teruyasu Mizoguchi ◽  
Atsutomo Nakamura ◽  
Takahisa Yamamoto ◽  
Yuichi Ikuhara

First-principles pseudopotential calculations were performed to investigate atomic and electronic structures of titanium (Ti) dopants in alumina (Al2O3). It was found that a substitutional Ti3+ defect induced an extra level occupied by one electron within the band gap of Al2O3. When two or more substitutional Ti3+ defects were located closely to each other, the defect-induced levels exhibited strong bonding interactions, and their formation energies decreased with increasing numbers of Ti3+ defects. This indicates that association and clustering of substitutional Ti3+ defects in Al2O3 can take place due to the interaction of the defect-induced levels.


2008 ◽  
Vol 1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy ◽  
Eyvaz I. Isaev ◽  
Andrei V. Ruban ◽  
Pavel A. Korzhavyi

AbstractPt-Sc alloys with the γ-γ′ microstructure are proposed as a basis for a new generation of Pt-based superalloys for ultrahigh-temperature applications. This alloy system was identified on the basis of first-principles calculations. Here we discuss the prospects of the Pt-Sc alloy system on the basis of calculated elastic properties, phonon spectra, and defect formation energies.


2002 ◽  
Vol 756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina V. Koudriachova ◽  
Simon W. de Leeuw

The effect of substitution on the intercalation properties of anatase-structured titania has been investigated in first principles calculations. Ti4+-ions were substituted by Zr4+, Al3+ and Sc3+ respectively and O2- -ions by N3-. For each compound the open circuit voltage profile (OCV) was calculated and compared to anatase. Lithium intercalation proceeds as in pure anatase through a phase separation into a Li-rich and a Li-poor phase in all cases examined here. The Li-content of the phases depends on the nature of the dopant and its concentration. Substitution by N3--ions does not lead to lower potentials, whereas doping with trivalent Sc3+- and Al3+- ions decreases the intercalation voltage. Substitution by tetravalent Zr4+-ions within the range of solubility does not significantly affect the OCV of anatase. A correlation is observed between the predicted equilibrium voltage and the participation of the Ti4+-ions in accommodating the donated electron density upon lithiation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimo Camarda ◽  
pietro delugas ◽  
Andrea Canino ◽  
Andrea Severino ◽  
nicolo piluso ◽  
...  

AbstractShockley-type Stacking faults (SSF) in hexagonal Silicon Carbide polytypes have received considerable attention in recent years since it has been found that these defects are responsible for the degradation of forward I-V characteristics in p-i-n diodes. In order to extend the knowledge on these kind of defects and theoretically support experimental findings (specifically, photoluminescence spectral analysis), we have determined the Kohn-Sham electronic band structures, along the closed path Γ-M-K-Γ, using density functional theory. We have also determined the energies of the SSFs with respect to the perfect crystal finding that the (35) and (44) SSFs have unexpectedly low formation energies, for this reason we could expect these two defects to be easily generated/expanded either during the growth or post-growth process steps.


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