• 文献标题:   Defect-mediated leakage in lithium intercalated bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   O HARA A, KAHN RE, ZHANG YY, PANTELIDES ST
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  • 出版物名称:   AIP ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2158-3226
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vanderbilt Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4980052
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Lithium intercalation in bilayer graphene has been investigated for battery applications, but it also provides a potentially stable method for n-type doping for electronics applications. Here, we use density functional theory to investigate the stability of lithium-intercalated bilayer graphene with respect to migration through lattice defects. By calculating energy barriers for through-defect migration, we find that only multivacancies with more than two missing atoms pose a significant threat for lithium egress. Furthermore, entry through a divacancy is significantly more energetically favorable than exit, implying that divacancies may be beneficial for thermal creation of intercalated bilayers. The calculations also show that, though energy barriers for through-defect Li diffusion are significantly different in monolayer and bilayer graphene, additional over-layers (such as hexagonal boron nitride) do not significantly alter the exit barrier in an intercalated bilayer. (C) 2017 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).