Evolution of FCC Structure in the Presence of 100% Lithium Ions

Multimedia · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1045470

A breakthrough in components for next-generation batteries could come from special materials that transform their structure to perform better over time. Handan Yildirim, a theorist for ANL's Center for Nanoscale Materials, showed that formation of highly ordered structure is actually spontaneous if the conditions for cycling are right. This simulation shows the evolution of a long-range order, as revealed by the formation of regularly ordered layers of oxygen (red circles). These well-defined layers of oxygen are separated by layers of mixed metal (Ti, blue, and Li, green) atoms that are randomly distributed.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 1045470
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANL
CNM
BATTERIES
MATERIAL STRUCTURE
CYCLING
LONG-RANGE ORDER