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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ding, Yingchun
• Deng, Qijiu
• You, Caiyin
• Xu, Yunhua
• Li, Jilin
• Xiao, Bing

Titel

Assessing electrochemical properties and diffusion dynamics of metal ions (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Al and Zn) on a CN monolayer as an anode material for non-lithium ion batteries

Ist Teil von

• Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 2020-09, Vol.22 (37), p.2128-21221

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We perform first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations together with a CI-NEB method to explore the structure, electrochemical properties and diffusion dynamics of a C 2 N monolayer saturated with various univalent, bivalent and trivalent metal ions. A characteristic irregular adsorption structure consisting of an inner coplanar layer at the large atomic pore and loosely bound outer layer is discovered for all six types of ions. The predicted specific capacities and mean open circuit voltages (OCVs) for them are: 600 mA h g −1 , and 0.26 V (Na); 385 mA h g −1 , and 1.56 V (K); 600 mA h g −1 , and 0.96 V (Mg); 713 mA h g −1 , and 1.31 V (Ca); 411 mA h g −1 , and 1.40 V (Zn); 1175 mA h g −1 , and 0.78 V (Al). For the energy favorable migration pathway, the diffusion energy barrier height for each ionic species is found to be 0.24 eV (Na + ), 0.10 eV (K + ), 0.25 eV (Mg 2+ ) and 0.10 eV (Ca 2+ ). The values are larger than 1.0 eV for both Zn 2+ and Al 3+ . FPMD simulation at 400 K further predicted that the diffusion coefficients of Na and K atoms absorbed on the C 2 N monolayer are 5.33 × 10 −9 m 2 s −1 and 8.52 × 10 −9 m 2 s −1 , respectively, which are one order of magnitude higher than those of other remaining ions discussed in our work. The C 2 N monolayer shows promising electrochemical properties and ion diffusion dynamics for use as the anode material in alkali metal ion batteries. We perform first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations together with a CI-NEB method to explore the structure, electrochemical properties and diffusion dynamics of a C 2 N monolayer saturated with various univalent, bivalent and trivalent metal ions.