Mapping Structural Changes in Electrode Materials: Application of the Hybrid Eigenvector-Following Density Functional Theory (DFT) Method to Layered Li0.5MnO2

Seymour, Ieuan D.Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England. (author)

Mapping Structural Changes in Electrode Materials : Application of the Hybrid Eigenvector-Following Density Functional Theory (DFT) Method to Layered Li0.5MnO2

The migration mechanism associated with the initial layered-to-spinel transformation of partially delithiated layered LiMnO2 was studied using hybrid eigenvector-following coupled with density functional theory. The initial part of the transformation mechanism of Li0.5MnO2 involves the migration of Li into both octahedral and tetrahedral local minima within the layered structure. The next stage of the transformation process involves the migration of Mn and was found to occur through several local minima, including an intermediate square pyramidal MnO5 configuration and an independent Mn3+ to Mn2+ charge-transfer process. The migration pathways were found to be significantly affected by the size of the supercell used and the inclusion of a Hubbard U parameter in the DFT functional. The transition state searching methodology described should be useful for studying the structural rearrangements that can occur in electrode materials during battery cycling, and more generally, ionic and electronic transport phenomena in a wide range of energy materials.

Chakraborty, SudipUppsala universitet,Materialteori(Swepub:uu)sudch599 (author)
Middlemiss, Derek S.Univ Warwick, Dept Chem, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England. (author)
Wales, David J.Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England. (author)
Grey, Clare P.Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England. (author)
Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England.Materialteori (creator_code:org_t)

In:Chemistry of Materials: American Chemical Society (ACS)27:16, s. 5550-55610897-47561520-5002

By the author/editor: Seymour, Ieuan D ...; Chakraborty, Sud ...; Middlemiss, Dere ...; Wales, David J.; Grey, Clare P.

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