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Title: Stability of Prismatic and Octahedral Coordination in Layered Oxides and Sulfides Intercalated with Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metals

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

Many layered oxide and sulfide intercalation compounds used in secondary batteries undergo stacking-sequence-change phase transformations during (de)intercalation. However, the underlying reasons why different intercalants result in different stacking-sequence changes are not well understood. This work reports on high-throughput density functional theory calculations on the prototype systems AxCoO2 and AxTiS2 (where A = [Li, Na, K, Mg, and Ca]), which show that a few simple rules explain the relative stability among the O1, O3, and P3 stacking sequences. First, for large intercalants (Na, K, and Ca), P3 stacking is favorable at intermediate concentrations (x ~ 0.5) as its intercalant site topology minimizes in-plane electrostatic repulsion. At the extreme compositions (x ~ 0 and x ~ 1), O1 or O3 are stable, with more ionic compounds preferring O3 and covalent ones O1. Furthermore, these rules explain why stacking-sequence changes are much more common in Na materials than Li ones.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Northeastern Center for Chemical Energy Storage (NECCES)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0001294; AC02-05CH11231; DMR-1121053
OSTI ID:
1388470
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 21; Related Information: NECCES partners with Stony Brook University (lead); Argonne National Laboratory; Binghamton University; Brookhaven National University; University of California, San Diego; University of Cambridge, UK; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Michigan; Rutgers University; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 74 works
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