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Solid State Ionics
Volume 175, Issues 1-4, 30 November 2004, Pages 829-834
Fourteenth International Conference on Solid State Ionics
 
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First principles predictions for intercalation behaviour

Marina V. Koudriachovaa, b, c, Nicholas M. Harrisonb, c and Simon W. de Leeuwa, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author

aComputational Physics, Department of Applied Physics, TU Delft, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands bDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, SW7 2AY, UK cCLRC, Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD, UK

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Abstract

Li-insertion into rutile and anatase structured TiO2 has been studied using first principles calculations. It has been show that intercalation behaviour and its temperature dependence cannot be explained by thermodynamics alone. The absence of insertion into rutile at room temperature is explained in terms of the inaccessibility of the low energy configurations due to highly anisotropic diffusion. The importance of anisotropy of elastic screening of Li–Li interactions and diffusion of Li-ions in understanding intercalation properties has been demonstrated. In anatase, the calculations correctly predict a phase separation in anatase into a Li-rich phase (Li0.5TiO2) and Li-poor phase. The mechanism underlying the thermodynamics of Li-insertion is dominated by the strong coupling between the structural and electronic degrees of freedom.

Keywords: Li-insertion; First principles calculations; Anisotropic diffusion

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Details of calculations
3. Results and discussion
4. Conclusions
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Solid State Ionics
Volume 175, Issues 1-4, 30 November 2004, Pages 829-834
Fourteenth International Conference on Solid State Ionics
 
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