Structural Transformation of MXene (V2C, Cr2C, and Ta2C) with O Groups during Lithiation : A First-Principles Investigation

For high capacities and extremely fast charging rates, two-dimensional (2D) crystals exhibit a significant promising application on lithium-ion batteries. With density functional calculations, this paper systematically investigated the Li storage properties of eight 2D M2CO2 (M = V, Cr, Ta, Sc, Ti, Zr, Nb, and Hf), which are the recently synthesized transition-metal carbides (called MXenes) with O groups. According to whether the structural transformation occurs or not during the adsorption of the first Li layer, the adsorption of Li can be grouped into two types: V-type (V2CO2, Cr2CO2, and Ta2CO2) and Sc-type (Sc2CO2, Ti2CO2, Zr2CO2, Nb2CO2, and Hf2CO2). The structural transformation behaviors of V-type are reversible during lithiation/delithiation and are confirmed by ab initio molecular dynamic simulations. Except for Nb-MXene, the V-type prefers the sandwich H2H1T-M2CO2Li4 structure and the Sc-type prefers the TH1H2-M2CO2Li4 structure during the adsorption of the second Li layer. The H2H1T-M2CO2Li4 structure of O layer sandwiched by two Li layers preferred by V-type can prevent forming Li dendrite and therefore stabilize the lithiated system. The tendency of O bonding to Li rather than M in V-type is bigger than that in Sc-type, which causes that the sandwich structure of H2H1T-M2CO2Li4 is more suitable for V-type than Sc-type.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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ACS applied materials & interfaces - 8(2016), 1 vom: 13. Jan., Seite 74-81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Dandan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Qianku [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Libo [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Qinghua [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Aiguo [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Li ion batteries
MXene
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Structural transformation
Two-dimensional
V2CO2

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Date Completed 17.05.2016

Date Revised 13.01.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.5b03863

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM255892101