The potential application of phosphorene as an anode material in Li-ion batteries

By Shijun Zhao, Wei Kang. 2014

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The capacity and stability of the constituent electrodes critically determine the performance of Li-ion batteries (LIBs). In this study, density functional theory is employed to explore the potential application of the recently synthesized two dimensional phosphorene as an electrode material in LIBs. Our results show that Li atoms can bind strongly with the phosphorene monolayer and double layer with significant electron transfer. Besides, the structure of phosphorene is not influenced much by lithiation and the volume change is only 0.2%. After lithiation, a semiconductor-to-conductor transition is observed. The diffusion barrier values of Li are calculated to be 0.76 and 0.72 eV on monolayer and double layer phosphorene, respectively. We further demonstrate that the theoretical specific capacity of the phosphorene monolayer is 432.79 mA h g−1, which is larger than those of other commercial anode materials. The influence of Si and S implantation is also examined and our results indicate that Si-doped phosphorene greatly improves the binding of Li atoms, while the diffusion barrier is not affected. Our findings show that the high capacity, low open circuit voltage, small volume change and electrical conductivity of lithiated phosphorene make it a good candidate for application as an electrode material in batteries.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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