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Title: Revealing the electronic structure of LiC6 by soft X-ray spectroscopy

Abstract

The electronic structure of LiC6 has been investigated in this paper by soft X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies. The results reveal that upon full lithiation of graphite, the Li 2s electrons are transferred into the carbon π* states in a near rigid-band behavior, resulting in the increased density of states near EF and the shift of σ* states to lower energies. Finally, in addition, the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectra of LiC6 do not show strong dispersive features as that of graphite, indicating that the crystal momentum is not conserved during the scattering process due to the delocalization of electrons in the intermediate state.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [3];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
  3. Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1379763
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1349379
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 110; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; graphite; x-ray absorption spectroscopy; band structure; emission spectra; carbon

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Zhang, L., Li, X., Augustsson, A., Lee, C. M., Rubensson, J. -E., Nordgren, J., Ross, P. N., and Guo, J. -H. Revealing the electronic structure of LiC6 by soft X-ray spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4978432.
Zhang, L., Li, X., Augustsson, A., Lee, C. M., Rubensson, J. -E., Nordgren, J., Ross, P. N., & Guo, J. -H. Revealing the electronic structure of LiC6 by soft X-ray spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978432
Zhang, L., Li, X., Augustsson, A., Lee, C. M., Rubensson, J. -E., Nordgren, J., Ross, P. N., and Guo, J. -H. Thu . "Revealing the electronic structure of LiC6 by soft X-ray spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978432. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379763.
@article{osti_1379763,
title = {Revealing the electronic structure of LiC6 by soft X-ray spectroscopy},
author = {Zhang, L. and Li, X. and Augustsson, A. and Lee, C. M. and Rubensson, J. -E. and Nordgren, J. and Ross, P. N. and Guo, J. -H.},
abstractNote = {The electronic structure of LiC6 has been investigated in this paper by soft X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopies. The results reveal that upon full lithiation of graphite, the Li 2s electrons are transferred into the carbon π* states in a near rigid-band behavior, resulting in the increased density of states near EF and the shift of σ* states to lower energies. Finally, in addition, the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering spectra of LiC6 do not show strong dispersive features as that of graphite, indicating that the crystal momentum is not conserved during the scattering process due to the delocalization of electrons in the intermediate state.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4978432},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 10,
volume = 110,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Thu Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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