Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1505853 Solid State Sciences 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

The structural and electronic properties of anode materials LiMN (M = Ni, Co, Cu) for lithium ion batteries have been studied by the first-principles method. The calculations reveal different bonding characteristics for LiMN (M = Ni, Co, Cu). The Li–N bond on the LiN planes shows covalent mixed with ionic characters, with the covalent interaction strengthened and ionic one weakened gradually from LiNiN to LiCoN and then to LiCuN. In the direction of N–M chains, the bonding characteristics are analogous on the whole. The N–M bonding shows both ionic and covalent characters again, while the covalent interaction slightly weakened in sequence. Electronic structure calculations suggest that LiMN (M = Ni, Co, Cu) are all metallic, where the LiNiN is of anisotropic conductivity along the directions of N–Ni chains, while for LiCoN and LiCuN, electrons can also be feebly conductive on the LiN planes besides along the linear N–Co and N–Cu chains.

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