Si-Li合金相嵌锂性能和弹性性能的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法,计算了锂离子电池硅负极材料在嵌Li过程中形成LixSi合金相(0≤x≤4.4)的形成能、嵌Li电位、晶体结构、电子结构和弹性性能。计算结果表明,随着嵌Li量的增加,LixSi合金体系总量能逐渐降低,LixSi合金相的形成能均为负值,表明硅负极材料的嵌Li反应在热力学可以自发进行;随着嵌Li量的增加,LixSi合金相的平均嵌Li电位逐渐降低,体积膨胀率逐渐增大,这与实验测得的结果具有良好的一致性。LixSi合金相在费米能级附近的电子主要由Si原子的p电子和Li原子的s电子共同贡献,LixSi合金相的费米能态密度随着嵌Li量的增加在整体上呈现增大趋势,电子导电性增强。随着嵌Li量的增加,LixSi合金相的体积模量(B)、剪切模量(G)和杨氏模量(E)逐渐降低,G/B值表明LixSi合金相均呈脆性,导致硅在嵌Li过程容易发生脆性结构破坏。     

Si-Li合金嵌锂性能和弹性性能的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法,计算了锂离子电池硅负极材料在嵌Li过程中形成Li_xSi合金相(0≤x≤4.4)的形成能、嵌Li电位、晶体结构、电子结构和弹性性能.计算结果表明,随着嵌Li量的增加,Li_xSi合金体系总量能逐渐降低,Li_xSi合金相的形成能均为负值,表明硅负极材料的嵌Li反应在热力学可以自发进行;随着嵌Li量的增加,Li_xSi合金相的平均嵌Li电位逐渐降低,体积膨胀率逐渐增大,这与实验测得的结果具有良好的一致性.Li_xSi合金相在费米能级附近的电子主要由Si原子的p电子和Li原子的s电子共同贡献,Li_xSi合金相的费米能态密度随着嵌Li量的增加在整体上呈现增大趋势,电子导电性增强.随着嵌Li量的增加,Li_xSi合金相的体积模量(B)、剪切模量(G)和杨氏模量(E)逐渐降低,G/B值表明Li_xSi合金相均呈脆性,导致硅在嵌Li过程容易发生脆性结构破坏.     

石墨嵌锂的结构转变和弹性性质计算研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法,计算了锂离子电池石墨负极在嵌Li过程中形成石墨嵌层化合物Li_xC_6(0≤x≤1)的形成能、嵌锂平台、晶体结构、电子结构和弹性性质的变化规律.结果表明,随着嵌Li量x增加,Li_xC_6的体系总量能逐渐降低,形成能逐渐增大,嵌Li反应逐渐变得困难;计算得到石墨的嵌Li电位逐渐降低,这与实验测得的充放电曲线具有良好的一致性.石墨嵌Li导致碳层发生滑移,晶胞体积逐渐增大,当x为1时晶胞体积增大约12.75%.随着x增加,Li_xC_6的费米能态密度几乎呈现增大趋势,有利于增强电子导电性.随着x增加,平行于碳平面的杨氏模量Ea和Eb都呈现小幅下降趋势,而垂直于碳平面的杨氏模量Ec呈现大幅度增加趋势,导致石墨刚性逐渐增大,结构稳定性变差.     

石墨嵌锂的结构转变和弹性性质计算研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法，计算了锂离子电池石墨负极在嵌Li过程中形成石墨嵌层化合物LixC6(0≤x≤1)的形成能、嵌锂平台、晶体结构、电子结构和弹性性质的变化规律。结果表明，随着嵌Li量x增加，LixC6的体系总量能逐渐降低，形成能逐渐增大，嵌Li反应逐渐变得困难；计算得到石墨的嵌Li电位逐渐降低，这与实验测得的充放电曲线具有良好的一致性。石墨嵌Li导致碳层发生滑移，晶胞体积逐渐增大，当x为1时晶胞体积增大约12.75%。随着x增加，LixC的费米能态密度几乎呈现增大趋势，有利于增强电子导电性。随着x增加，平行于碳平面的杨氏模量Ea和Eb都呈现小幅下降趋势，而垂直于碳平面的杨氏模量Ec呈现大幅度增加趋势，导致石墨刚性逐渐增大，结构稳定性变差。     

锂离子电池硅基负极材料嵌锂行为的第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波赝势方法,计算不同数量的锂离子引起的硅材料晶体结构的变化以及在嵌锂过程中形成Li_xSi(x=1、2、2.4、4.4)合金相的形成能与电子结构.采用LST/QST方法计算过渡态,模拟合金体相中的锂离子迁移过程.计算结果表明,随着嵌锂数量的增加,硅晶胞的体积在不断增大;Li_xSi合金相的形成能为负值,表明在嵌锂过程中锂离子和硅原子可以自发形成这些合金相,其中Li₇Si₃合金最容易形成;随着嵌锂量的增加,锂离子在费米能级处s轨道提供的电子数逐渐增加,锂硅合金在费米能级处的电子数量呈增大趋势,表明锂硅合金的导电性越来越优;常温下Li₂Si体相中很难直接形成锂离子空位,但锂离子空位的迁移过程很容易发生.     

Sn3InSb4合金嵌Li性能的第一性原理研究

采用第一性原理超软赝势平面波方法计算了Sn₃InSb₄的嵌Li性能,得到各种嵌Li相的嵌Li形成能、理论质量比容量、体积膨胀率、能带结构、态密度和差分电荷密度等.从能量角度分析,Li在嵌入时,优先占据晶胞的四面体间隙位置,然后逐步挤出处于节点位置的Sn原子和In原子.在嵌Li过程中,材料表现出较大的体积膨胀率(11.74%-43.40%),这是导致Sn₃InSb₄作为Li离子电极材料循环性能差的重要原因.态密度计算表明,体系的导电性能首先随嵌Li量的增加而增加,当所有的间隙位置被Li填满,发生Sn的替换反应时,富Li态合金相的导电性反而下降.     

Si_n团簇/石墨烯(n≤6)结构稳定性和储锂性能的第一性原理计算

目前,硅/碳复合材料是锂离子电池最有潜在应用前景的高容量负极材料之一,硅与碳材料的界面状态是影响其电化学性能的重要因素.本文在作为碳材料结构单元的石墨烯表面构建了 Si_n(n≤6)团簇,采用基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理方法研究了 Si_n团簇/石墨烯(Si_n/Gr)的几何构型、结构稳定性和电子性质.结果表明,当Si原子数n≤4时,Si_n团簇优先以平行于石墨烯的二维构型沉积在石墨烯表面,当n ≥ 5时,Si_n团簇优先以三维立体构型沉积在石墨烯表面.随着n的增大,Si_n团簇在石墨烯表面的热力学稳定性显著降低,两者之间的界面结合减弱,并且伴随着Si_n团簇与石墨烯之间的电荷转移也越来越少.同时还研究了Si_n/Gr复合构型的储锂能力,Li原子主要存储在Si_n团簇临近的石墨烯表面和Si_n团簇周围,Si_n团簇与石墨烯复合形成的协同作用增强了 Li原子吸附的热力学稳定性.当n≤4时,存储2个Li原子有利于提高xLiSi_n/Gr体系的热力学稳定性,继续增加Li原子数x会导致稳定性降低;当n≥5时,稳定性随着Li原子数x的增多而逐渐降低.     

掺杂Fe对VH2解氢性能影响的第一性原理研究

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理的平面波超软赝势方法,研究了Fe掺杂对VH₂的电子结构和解氢性能的影响.通过计算Fe掺杂VH₂前后体系的合金形成热、V-H之间的重叠布居数、电子态密度、电子密度,发现Fe掺杂VH₂后,随着Fe含量增加,合金体系的晶胞参数和晶胞体积逐渐减少;体系的负合金形成热逐渐减少,且掺杂后体系的负合金形成热都比VH₂的负合金形成热小,体系的稳定性降低;电子态密度计算也显示Fe掺杂后费米能级处的电子浓度增加,体系稳定性降低;重叠布居数和电子密度计算表明掺杂后V-H之间的重叠布居数由0.1减小为0.08或0.09,V-H之间的电子密度减少,说明V和H原子之间的相互作用减弱,提高了VH₂的解氢性能.计算结果解释了实验现象. 关键词： Fe掺杂 电子结构 解氢性能 第一性原理计算     

Li嵌入Mg2Ge的反应次序和电子结构变化

Mg2Ge有望成为新的锂离子电池负极材料.使用基于平面波展开的第一性原理赝势法,计算并得到了Li嵌入Mg2Ge负极材料时的反应次序.Li首先占据其中的间隙位置,占满间隙位置后随着嵌Li量的进一步增加,Li将逐步替位Mg2Ge中一半的Mg位置,直到生成Li2MgGe.计算结果表明,在整个嵌Li过程中主体材料的体积先膨胀后收缩.体积胀缩量很大,这是导致Mg2Ge作为锂离子电池电极材料循环性能较差的重要原因.对材料电子结构的分析表明,随着Li嵌入量的增加,主体材料发生了从半导体性到金属性、又到半金属性的转化.     

Cr含量对Ti-Nb-Cr合金抗腐蚀性影响的电子结构计算

许多实验报道中表明合金化元素Cr能够提高Ti基合金的抗腐蚀性.为了解Cr元素含量对Ti-Cr-Nb合金的影响,本文计算了不同Cr含量的Ti-Cr-Nb合金的内聚能、形成能、费米能级和态密度等参数.分析了Cr含量对合金的电子结构稳定性以及腐蚀性能的影响.结果表明:随着Cr含量的增加,体系内聚能升高,形成能增加,体系稳定性略有下降,且材料形成条件变得苛刻;费米能级明显降低,体系不易失去电子,抗腐蚀性能增强;体系金属键增强,失电子能力降低,抗腐蚀性能提高;态密度与差分电荷密度研究表明, Cr含量的增加使得体系金属键增强,表明体系抗腐蚀性的提高.从费米能级和态密度图中发现,当Cr含量约为18.75 at.%时,合金的耐腐蚀性最优.     

Multiferroic properties in terbium orthoferrite

Multiferroic properties in a polycrystalline terbium orthoferrite are investigated. Different thermomagnetic behaviors are observed in different magnetic fields, which is attributed to the suppression of the low temperature magnetic phase by an external magnetic field. Further studies reveal that the ferroelectricity originates from the spin configuration below3.5 K. In addition, the magnetic field control of electric polarization and dielectric constant is observed, which suggests a magnetoelectric effect in TbFeO3. The origin of ferroelectricity in this rare-earth orthoferrite is discussed.     

Cr掺杂ZnO纳米线电子性质和磁性质

本文采用第一性原理密度泛函理论系统的研究了Cr原子单掺杂和双掺杂两种尺寸ZnO纳米线的电子性质和磁性质.所有掺杂纳米线的形成能都比纯纳米线的形成能低,表明掺杂增强了纳米线的稳定性.研究发现Cr原子趋于替代纳米线表面的Zn原子.所有掺杂纳米线都显示了金属性.纳米线的总磁矩主要来源于Cr原子3d轨道的贡献.由于杂化,相邻的O原子和Zn原子也产生了少量自旋.在超原胞内,Cr和O原子磁矩反平行排列,表明它们之间是反铁磁耦合.表面双掺杂纳米线铁磁态能量比反铁磁态能量低149 meV,表明Cr掺杂ZnO纳米线可能获得室温铁磁性.     

Dielectric and magnetic properties of low-temperature fired NiCuZn-BaTiO3 composites

The composition effects on the dielectric and magnetic properties of NiCuZn-BaTiO₃ composites fired at low temperature were investigated. The coexistence of perovskite BaTiO₃ and spinel ferrite phases in the composites were observed; no significant chemical reactions occurred between BaTiO₃ and NiCuZn ceramics during sintering. The nanosized BaTiO₃ powders favored a decrease in grain size. The saturation magnetization, remanent magnetization and real permeability continuously decreased with increasing BaTiO₃ content. And the real permittivity continuously increased with the BaTiO₃ content. The Q-factor (quality factor) exhibited relatively high values with 20-30 wt% BaTiO₃. All composite materials exhibited a low dielectric loss below 100 MHz. Synthetically considerations, the composites with 20-30 wt% BaTiO₃ could obtain relatively high real permeability and real permittivity values, and the magnetic and dielectric losses were relatively low, so they were the best candidates to produce LC-integrated chip elements.     

Structural and electronic properties of chiral single-wall copper nanotubes

The structural,energetic and electronic properties of chiral(n,m)(3≤n≤6,n/2≤m≤n)single-wall copper nanotubes(CuNTs)have been investigated by using projector-augmented wave method based on density-functional theory.The(4,3)CuNT is energetically stable and should be observed experimentally in both free-standing and tip-suspended conditions,whereas the(5,5)and(6,4)CuNTs should be observed in free-standing and tip-suspended conditions,respectively.The number of conductance channels in the CuNTs does not always correspond to the number of atomic strands comprising the nanotube.Charge density contours show that there is an enhanced interatomic interaction in CuNTs compared with Cu bulk.Current transporting states display different periods and chirality,the combined effects of which lead to weaker chiral currents on CuNTs.     

Electronic and thermodynamic and elastic properties of pyrite RuO2

This paper calculates the elastic,thermodynamic and electronic properties of pyrite (P a3ˉ) RuO2 by the plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory (DFT) method.The lattice parameters,normalized elastic constants,Cauchy pressure,brittle–ductile relations,heat capacity and Debye temperature are successfully obtained.The Murnaghan equation of state shows that pyrite RuO2 is a potential superhard material.Internal coordinate parameter increases with pressure,which disagrees with experimental data.An analysis based on electronic structure and the pseudogap reveals that the bonding nature in RuO2 is a combination of covalent,ionic and metallic bonding.A study of the elastic properties indicates that the pyrite phase is isotropic under usual conditions.The relationship between brittleness and ductility shows that pyrite RuO2 behaves in a ductile matter at zero pressure and the degree of ductility increases with pressure.     

Field-modulated low-energy electronic and optical properties of armchair silicene nanoribbons

The tight-binding model including spin–orbit coupling is used to study electronic and optical properties of armchair silicene nanoribbons (ASiNRs) in electric fields. Perpendicular electric field monotonically increases band-gap, the DOS, and absorption frequency and strength. It does not change spin-degeneracy, edge-states, and optical selection rule. However, parallel electric field strongly modulates energy dispersions resulting in oscillatory band-gaps, shift in edge-states, and destruction of spin-degeneracy. It induces more transition channels and constructs new selection rules that exhibits richer optical spectra. Modulations of electronic and optical properties of ASiNRs have strong dependence on the direction of electric field and nanoribbon's geometry.     

Magnetic properties of cobalt substituted M-type barium hexaferrite prepared by co-precipitation

The co-precipitation and solid state methods were used in the synthesis of barium hexaferrite (BaM). Phase pure BaM was obtained with 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 wt% cobalt oxide (Co₃O₄). The addition of Co^2+/3+ ions to the BaM increased the permeability and magnetic loss tangent to a value of 3.5 at 5% and reduced to 1 at 30% doping. With increased Co doping, M_s was reduced from 87-58 emu/g, M_r increased from 11 to 40 emu/g with 3–5 wt% Co and 9 emu/g for 30% doping. H_c sharply increased from 540 to 2200 Oe with a reduction to 280 Oe at 10 K with increasing temperature to 300 K. T_c increased from 740 to 750 K for 30% Co doping. DTA–TGA studies of green body showed decarboxilation to occur at around 825 °C and the transformation of residual Co₃O₄ to Co₂O₃ at around 577 °C. The XRD data confirmed the Co ions substituting into Fe sites until a 10–15% doping level where the structure altered to W-type hexaferrite. The densities of the compounds varied with doping to a maximum of 4.45 g/cm³.     

Formation of soybean protein isolate-hawthorn flavonoids non-covalent complexes: Linking the physicochemical properties and emulsifying properties

In recent years, more and more attention had been paid to the combination of proteins and flavonoids, and several flavonoids had been reported to improve the physicochemical and emulsifying properties of proteins. This study investigated the effects of ultrasonic treatment (450 W for 10 min, 20 min, and 30 min) on the physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity, and emulsifying properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) -hawthorn flavonoids (HF) non-covalent complexes. The results showed that the addition of HF to SPI and 20 min of ultrasound could reduce α-helix and random coil, increase β-sheet and β-turn, and enhance fluorescence quenching. In addition, it decreased the particle size, zeta potential, surface hydrophobicity, and turbidity to 88.43 or 95.27 nm, −28.80 mV, 1250.42, and 0.23, respectively. The protein solubility, free sulfhydryl group, antioxidant activity, emulsifying activity index, and emulsifying stability index all increased to 73.93%, 15.07 μmol/g, 71.00 or 41.91%, 9.81 m²/g, and 67.71%, respectively. Moreover, high-density small and low-flocculation droplets were formed. Therefore, the combined ultrasound treatment and addition of HF to SPI is a more effective method for protein modification compared to ultrasound treatment alone. It provides a theoretical basis for protein processing and application in the future.     

Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of CrN under high pressure

The structural,electronic and magnetic properties of CrN under high pressure are investigated by first-principles calculations.The antiferromagnetic orthorhombic structure is identified to be the preferred ground state structure.It possesses a bulk modulus of 252.8 GPa and the nonzero magnetic moment of 2.33 μ B per Cr ion,which agree well with the experimental results.CrN undergoes structural and magnetic transitions from an antiferromagnetic rocksalt structure to a non-magnetic Pnma phase at 132 GPa.Under compression,the magnetic moment of the Cr ion reduces rapidly near the equilibrium and phase transition point,and the distribution of the density of states is broadened,but the form of overlap between the orbitals of Cr d and N p remains unchanged.The broadening of the band induces spin flipping,which consequently results in the smaller magnetic moment of the Cr ion.