MoO2储锂性能及循环容量反常特性的第一性原理研究

基于第一性原理,对MoO2作为电极材料的储锂性能进行了计算,并探讨了其储锂容量在一定循环次数内呈上升的反常现象微观机理.计算了MoO2材料中Li的单键能,态密度(DOS)及其嵌锂电压,结果表明MoO2中Li的吸附能较大,储锂结构稳定.嵌锂结构呈金属性,嵌锂电压变化规律与文献实验结果一致.针对循环容量反常特性,计算了Mo的空位形成能,LiMoO2的差分电荷密度以及电荷布居情况,计算结果表明Li的嵌入能为O提供电荷,减弱了Mo—O键间的相互作用,另一方面嵌入的Li能减弱Mo空位形成后的电荷极化作用,从而大大降低Mo空位的形成能.形成的Mo空位能为Li的嵌入提供了新的吸附位点,提高了嵌锂的容量.计算结果与实验符合得很好,能为电极材料储锂性能的改善提供一定的理论指导.     

空位和B掺杂对Si在石墨烯上吸附的影响

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算了空位和B替位掺杂对Si在石墨烯上吸附的影响. 结果表明: 对完整的石墨烯结构, Si吸附在桥位最稳定, Si吸附改变了石墨烯中C原子的自旋性质; 空位和B替位掺杂均加强了Si在缺陷处的吸附, 空位对Si在石墨烯上吸附的影响相对较大; B掺杂改变了Si的稳定吸附位置(由桥位移到顶位); Si在空位和B掺杂石墨烯上吸附, 体系不具有磁性; B掺杂提高了石墨烯体系的导电性能; 单空位缺陷不易形成, 结构不稳定, B掺杂结构相对较稳定.     

新的C,N-配体的合成及其锂化合物的结构和反应性

含膦亚胺的配体已被证明能稳定多种金属离子,并表现出有趣的反应性[1-3].我们设计了一类新的含有膦亚胺基团的C,N-配体并研究了其锂化合物的结构和反应性.如Scheme 1,化合物1能够被LiBu-n/tmeda或LiBu-n/Et2O锂化,锂化产物与Me3SiCl反应形成中性化合物3.3被按同样的方法锂化分别以高产率得到锂化合物4和5.化合物4与PhCN反应生成化合物6.从6的结构可以看出在这个加成反应中,4中与碳相连的SiMe3基团发生了1,3-C→N迁移.结构分析表明化合物6中P=N基团没有对锂配位.5与对苯二腈以2:1的摩尔比反应,形成化合物7.     

锂掺杂ZnO陶瓷靶材制备及其掺杂引起的缺陷

采用燃烧合成和放电等离子烧结方法制备锂掺杂ZnO陶瓷靶材. 利用XRD, SEM, TEM和激光粒径分析等手段分析合成粉体与陶瓷的显微结构. 结果表明, 锂掺杂ZnO粉体与陶瓷均为纤锌矿结构, 无其他相存在; 粉体的粒径分布为0.18-1.7 μm, 烧结体致密度较高, 晶粒尺寸为1-3 μm. 此外, 分析锂元素在烧结过程中引起掺杂缺陷变化, 锂元素由ZnO晶格的间隙位置转移为替代锌晶格位置, 实现受主掺杂, 为实现p型ZnO薄膜的制备奠定基础.     

石墨负极充放电过程的DFT研究

用量子化学DFT-B3LYP/6-31G(d)方法计算了锂沿石墨层堆积的Zig-zag和Arm-chair方向嵌脱及在石墨表面附着和脱附的过程.结果表明,锂嵌入过程是体系能量升高的储能过程,势垒最高点是锂在碳原子正投影位置,即在C-C键投影位置,而在苯环中心投影位置最低,为嵌锂的最佳位置,锂嵌脱的最佳途径应为arm-chair方向;锂在石墨表面附着也是储能过程,苯环中心上方是石墨表面近距离附着机率最高的位置.     

氧在银表面上的吸附态的理论研究

本文根据银表面的特点,用CNDO法研究了氧在银表面上可能形成的各种吸附态.结果表明,氧分子以卧式吸附在核间距较大的表面桥位上时,能形成较强的吸附键.此时氧分子的离解趋势较大.分析和计算了氧分子和氧原子在Ag(110)和Ag(111)晶面上的有利吸附位置和取向.比较了两种晶面吸附性能的差别.计算结果与实验的推论相一致.     

密度泛函理论方法研究锂离子电池电解液体系分子-离子结构

采用密度泛函理论方法,研究锂离子电池碳酸丙烯酯（PC）基电解液体系中锂盐离子与溶剂分子静电相互作用形成的可能结构. 计算结果表明,电解液中溶剂分子-离子的结构取决于体系的溶剂分子数. 在PC基电解液,Li⁺最多只能与4个PC溶剂分子相结合,锂盐阴离子与带正电的PC分子烷基基团相结合,而不以自由离子形式存在. 本文的计算结果能很好地解释文献报道的实验结果.     

基于聚苯乙烯磺酸的锂金属负极界面保护层的设计

将聚苯乙烯磺酸(PSS)进行锂化处理后, 涂覆在锂箔表面, 在锂金属表面构筑一层均匀的聚苯乙烯磺酸锂(PSSLi)界面保护层, 形成PSSLi@Li复合电极. 通过红外光谱(FTIR)、 电化学阻抗谱(EIS)、 电池性能分析和有限元多物理场仿真模拟等方法, 对该复合电极进行了结构和性能研究. 结果表明, PSSLi界面保护层能有效地避免电解液与锂金属的直接接触, 抑制了“死锂”和锂枝晶的生成. 聚苯乙烯磺酸锂具有整齐排布的磺酸基团, 为锂离子提供了稳定的传输通道, 能够均匀化锂离子的迁移速率, 调节锂离子在电极表面的浓度分布, 并实现均匀的锂金属沉积/剥离. 电化学实验数据表明, 将该PSSLi界面层涂覆在铜箔表面进行库仑效率测试, 循环 350次实验后仍然能够保持在99.5%以上; 利用PSSLi@Li复合电极组装形成的对称电池, 在1 mA/cm²的电流密度、 1 mA·h/cm²的面积容量下, 能够稳定循环1200 h以上; PSSLi@Li与磷酸铁锂正极材料组装的全电池, 在1C倍率下循环500次后, 仍具有115 mA·h/g的容量, 容量保持率可达81%以上; 在8C的高倍率下, 该电池的容量可达到105 mA·h/g.     

锂在共轭双键高分子中的电化学嵌入反应Ⅱ:锂在聚吡咯中嵌入反应的量子化学研究

本文用量子化学CNDO/2方案计算,取文献中吡咯骨架原子的结构参数,再优化锂嵌入聚吡咯的几何参数.结果表明不管是Li+离子还是中性Li原子,嵌入单个吡咯上还是嵌入两个吡咯之间,它与吡咯环四个碳原子平面的距离都为0.210到0.216nm.且锂与碳原子键合,形成多中心键,锂嵌入聚吡咯后,固有的Ca=Cs双键的键级和键能明显减弱.这与前一报中发现IR谱的1560cm-1吸收峰消失相一致.锂正离子嵌入聚吡咯后,使吡咯的前沿π*空轨道的能量由正变为负值,而成为电子接受体(正极).遍及全部聚吡咯的π*LUMO和HOMO使得聚吡咯呈现导电性能.     

微孔碳@硫复合材料的制备及其锂硫电池性能

针对锂硫电池研究中硫单质电导率低和多硫化锂易溶解于电解液的问题,制备了一种核壳结构的碳纳米管(CNT@C)作为硫载体,碳纳米管外壳包覆的碳层中的微孔能吸附多硫化锂,从而抑制多硫离子扩散.X射线衍射(XRD),透射电子显微镜(TEM)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)表征结果表明硫均匀负载在核壳结构碳纳米管上.电化学测试结果表明这种核壳结构的复合材料有较高容量和良好的循环性能.     

Defects Energetics and Electronic Properties of Li Doped ZnO: A Hybrid Hartree-Fock and Density Functional Study

The electronic properties and stability of Li-doped ZnO with various defects have been stud-ied by calculating the electronic structures and defect formation energies via first-principles calculations using hybrid Hartree-Fock and density functional methods. The results from formation energy calculations show that Li pair complexes have the lowest formation energy in most circumstances and they consume most of the Li content in Li doped ZnO, which make the p-type conductance hard to obtain. The formation of Li pair complexes is the main obstacle to realize p-type conductance in Li doped ZnO. However, the formation energy ofLiZn decreases as environment changes from Zn-rich to O-rich and becomes more stable than that of Li-pair complexes at highly O-rich environment. Therefore, p-type conductance can be obtained by Li doped ZnO grown or post annealed in oxygen rich atmosphere.     

Evolution of structure, transport properties and magnetism in ternary lithium nitridometalates Li(3-x-y)M(x)N, M = Co, Ni, Cu

The structures, magnetism and ion transport properties of the ternary nitrides Li(3-x-y)M(x)N (M = Co, Ni, Cu; y= lithium vacancy) were examined by powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR and SQUID magnetometry. Doping levels are achieved up to x approximately = 0.4 for M = Cu and Co, but much higher substitution levels (x approximately =1) are obtained in the Li-Ni-N system. Transition metals substitute for Li at the Li(1) interplanar site and the ensuing lithium vacancies are disordered within the [Li(2)N] planes. High substitution levels in the Li-Ni-N system lead to the formation of ordered phases. Diffusion parameters, including activation energies, correlation times and diffusion coefficients, were obtained from variable-temperature solid-state NMR measurements in several ternary compounds. SQUID magnetometry shows significant variations of the electronic properties with dopant and x. The properties of the ternary nitrides can be rationalised in terms of the identity of the dopant and the structural modifications arising from the substitution process.     

Electrochemistry and in-situ X-ray diffraction of InSb in lithium batteries

The electrochemical reactions of lithium with the intermetallic compound, InSb, were studied in lithium coin cells using laminate electrodes fabricated from either single-crystal InSb wafers or ball-milled samples. In-situ X-ray diffraction data show that the InSb zinc-blende framework is unstable to extensive reaction with lithium; In is extruded from a fixed Sb lattice during `discharge' and is partially incorporated back into the lattice during `charge'. Despite the loss of some In from the structure, the indium antimonide electrode provides capacities in excess of 300 mAh/g with excellent reversibility. Cyclic voltammetry was used to study the electrochemical processes in greater detail. Lithiated indium products are formed below ∼600 mV versus Li. The electrode can be discharged at high rates, delivering 150 mAh/g at 3.6 mA/cm² between 1.2 and 0.2 V versus Li. These data hold exciting prospects for the development of intermetallic insertion electrodes for practical room-temperature Li-ion cells.     

Stochastic search of the quantum conformational space of small lithium and bimetallic lithium-sodium clusters

In this paper we report the results obtained by an implementation and application of the simulated annealing optimization procedure to the exploration of the conformational space of small neutral and charged lithium clusters (Li(n)(q), n = 5, 6, 7; q = 0, +/-1) and of the bimetallic lithium/sodium clusters (Li5Na) in their lowest spin states. Our methodology eliminates the structure guessing procedure in the process of generating cluster configurations. We evaluate the quantum energy, typically with the Hartree-Fock Hamiltonian, of randomly generated points in the conformational space and use a modified Metropolis test in the annealing algorithm to generate candidate structures for atomic clusters. The structures are further optimized by analytical methods (gradient following) at the M?ller-Plesset second order perturbation theory level (MP2), in conjunction with basis sets including polarization functions with and without diffuse functions. High accuracy ab initio energies at the coupled clusters level, with single, double, and triple substitutions from the Hartree-Fock determinant (CCSD(T)), on the MP2 geometries were calculated and used to establish the relative stability of the isomers within each potential energy surface. Various cluster properties were computed and compared to existing values in order to validate our methods. Our results show excellent agreement with previous experimental and theoretical reports. Even at these small sizes, evidence for 10 new structures never reported before for the lithium clusters and four new structures for the bimetallic clusters is presented.     

Theoretical study of mixed silicon-lithium clusters Si(n)Li(p)(+) (n=1-6, p=1-2)

Theoretical study on the structures of neutral and singly charged Si(n)Li(p)((+)) (n=1-6, p=1-2) clusters have been carried out in the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) with the B3LYP functional. The structures of the neutral Si(n)Li(p) and cationic Si(n)Li(p)(+) clusters are found to keep the frame of the corresponding Si(n), Li species being adsorbed at the surface. The localization of the lithium cation is not the same one as that of the neutral atom. The Li(+) ion is preferentially located on a Si atom, while the Li atom is preferentially attached at a bridge site. A clear parallelism between the structures of Si(n)Na(p) and those of Si(n)Li(p) appears. The population analysis show that the electronic structure of Si(n)Li(p) can be described as Si(n)(p)(-)+pLi(+) for the small sizes considered. Vertical and adiabatic ionization potentials, adsorption energies, as well as electric dipole moments and static dipolar polarizabilities, are calculated for each considered isomer of neutral species.     

Two phase morphology limits lithium diffusion in TiO(2)(anatase): a (7)Li MAS NMR study.

7Li magic angle spinning solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance is applied to investigate the lithium local environment and lithium ion mobility in tetragonal anatase TiO(2) and orthorhombic lithium titanate Li(0.6)TiO(2). Upon lithium insertion, an increasing fraction of the material changes its crystallographic structure from anatase TiO(2) to lithium titanate Li(0.6)TiO(2). Phase separation occurs, and as a result, the Li-rich lithium titanate phase is coexisting with the Li-poor TiO(2) phase containing only small Li amounts approximately equal to 0.01. In both the anatase and the lithium titanate lattice, Li is found to be hopping over the available sites with activation energies of 0.2 and 0.09 eV, respectively. This leads to rapid microscopic diffusion rates at room temperature (D(micr) = 4.7 x 10(-12) cm(2)s(-1) in anatase and D(micr) = 1.3 x 10(-11) cm(2)s(-1) in lithium titanate). However, macroscopic intercalation data show activation energies of approximately 0.5 eV and smaller diffusion coefficients. We suggest that the diffusion through the phase boundary is determining the activation energy of the overall diffusion and the overall diffusion rate itself. The chemical shift of lithium in anatase is independent of temperature up to approximately 250 K but decreases at higher temperatures, reflecting a change in the 3d conduction electron densities. The Li mobility becomes prominent from this same temperature showing that such electronic effects possibly facilitate the mobility.     

Electronic spin transition in nanosize stoichiometric lithium cobalt oxide

A change in the electronic spin state of the surfaces relevant to Li (de)intercalation of nanosized stoichiometric lithium cobalt oxide LiCo(III)O(2) from low-spin to intermediate and high spin is observed for the first time. These surfaces are the ones that are relevant for Li (de)intercalation. From density functional theory calculations with a Hubbard U correction, the surface energies of the layered lithium cobalt oxide can be significantly lowered as a consequence of the spin change. The crystal field splitting of Co d orbitals is modified at the surface due to missing Co-O bonds. The electronic spin transition also has a significant impact on Co(III)-Co(IV) redox potential, as revealed by the change in the lithium (de)intercalation voltage profile in a lithium half cell.     

Binding energies of small lithium clusters (Li(n)) and hydrogenated lithium clusters (Li(n)H)

Large coupled cluster computations utilizing the Dunning weighted correlation-consistent polarized core-valence (cc-pwCVXZ) hierarchy of basis sets have been conducted, resulting in a panoply of internally consistent geometries and atomization energies for small Li(n) and Li(n)H (n=1-4) clusters. In contrast to previous ab initio results, we predict a monotonic increase in atomization energies per atom with increasing cluster size for lithium clusters, in accordance with the historical Knudsen-effusion measurements of Wu. For hydrogenated lithium clusters, our results support previous theoretical work concerning the relatively low atomization energy per atom for Li(2)H compared to LiH and Li(3)H. The CCSD(T)/cc-pwCVQZ atomization energies for LiH, Li(2)H, Li(3)H, and the most stable isomer of Li(4)H, including zero-point energy corrections, are 55.7, 79.6, 113.0, and 130.6 kcal/mol, respectively. The latter results are not consistent with the most recent experiments of Wu.     

Underpinning energetics of lithium bonding and stability in the Li–Pt–Sn system

Within the Li–Pt–Sn system, we examine the electronic structures and Li-binding of LiPtSn₂, Li₂PtSn and Li₃Pt₂Sn₃ with fluorite-related crystal structures. The structures with totally de-intercalated lithium keep the characteristics of the pristine ternary compound with a reduction of the volume. In Li₃Pt₂Sn₃ the binding energies of lithium belonging to three crystallographically inequivalent Wyckoff sites are different and point to distinct activities of de-intercalation concomitant with site-selective bonding magnitudes. The derived potentials are within the range of non-oxide binary and ternary lithium based compounds and indicate the possibility of at least partial delithiation.     

Phase stabilization through electronic tuning: electron-poorer alkali-metal-indium compounds with unprecedented In/Li clusters

Three alkali-metal-indium compounds K34In(92.30)Li(12.70) (I), K14Na20In(91.82)Li(13.18) (II), and K14Na20In(96.30) (III) (all Rm) have been synthesized and characterized by structural and physical property measurements and electronic structure calculations. Novel mixed In/Li anionic icosahedra and fused icosahedra form in I and II. All three contain In28 as the first triply fused In icosahedra, which are further linked into (In28)In(In28) sandwich adducts in compounds I and II and (In28)In2(In28) in III. Stabilization of these electron-poorer phases through electronic tuning occurs via two different structural (redox) perturbations, either by substitution of certain indium atoms in the clusters by electron-poorer lithium atoms or by the introduction of defects and disorder in the fused cluster (III). The preferential occurrence of either substitutions or defect formation in the clusters is consistent with extended Huckel band calculation results for both the ideal pure indium phase and the Li-substituted equivalent. Model (ideal) and experimental EF values (based on stoichiometries) fall around a pseudogap in DOS. All three compounds are metallic according to both EHTB band calculations and measured resistivities. The cations (A = K, Na) in all the three structures generate A136 clathrate-IotaIotatype networks with remarkably specific and transferable cation dispositions around the two types of anionic cluster units.