QUANTUM CHEMICAL MODEL FOR LITHIUM ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERCALATION INTO MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE

Voltage- and incremental charge capacity-composition curves for the electrochemical formation of intercalates Li xMoS2 were analyzed at the molecular level by developing a quantum chemical model focused on the variation of the electron chemical potential. Experimentally observed trends of the charge...

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Autores principales: Mendizábal,Fernando, Santa Ana,María Angélica, Benavente,Eglantina, González,Guillermo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Química 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072003000400011
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Sumario:Voltage- and incremental charge capacity-composition curves for the electrochemical formation of intercalates Li xMoS2 were analyzed at the molecular level by developing a quantum chemical model focused on the variation of the electron chemical potential. Experimentally observed trends of the charge capacity in the range 0<x<0.6 are successfully described by the global hardness index as defined within the density functional theory. Contrasting with classical descriptions like the gas lattice model assuming complete lithium-MoS2 one electron transfer, proposed model leads, agreeing with previous experimental evidence, to a system in which electron density is partially retained in the lithium atom. The model permits moreover to identify a sequence of octahedral and tetrahedral sites as the more favorable migration pathway for the diffusion of lithium through the interlaminar space