Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7734748 | Journal of Power Sources | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
While Si is an effective negative electrode material for Li-ion batteries, crystalline Si has been shown to be unsuitable for Na and Mg storage due, in particular, to insufficient binding strength. It has recently been reported that Si nanowires could be synthesized with high-concentration (several atomic %) and dispersed Al doping. Here we show based on density functional theory calculations that Al doping significantly improves the energetics for Na and Mg insertion, specifically, making it thermodynamically favored versus vacuum reference states. For high Al concentrations, the energy of Mg in Al-doped Si approaches the cohesive energy of Mg. However, the migration barriers for the diffusion of Li (0.57-0.70Â eV), Na (1.07-1.19Â eV) and Mg (0.97-1.18Â eV) in Al-doped Si are found to remain about as high as in pure Si, likely preventing effective electrochemical sodiation and magnesiation.
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Authors
Fleur Legrain, Sergei Manzhos,