Journal
MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101768
Keywords
DFT calculations; 2D materials; LIBs; Strain; Binding energy; Diffusion; Electronic conductivity
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFA0200400]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11504123, 51627805]
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The study investigates the potential of monolayer SnC as an anodic material for Li-ion batteries, utilizing DFT calculations. The mechanically, dynamically, and thermally stable SnC monolayer shows promising electronic properties, with the ability to modulate Li ion binding energies under strain effect. The results suggest that strain engineered 2D SnC could be a favorable Li host material for LIBs, with improvements in conductivity and fast lithiation/delithiation cycles.
The next-generation renewable energy technology demands electrode materials with suitable structural, electronic, mechanical, and electrochemical properties. Employing DFT calculations, monolayer SnC has been investigated for the anodic applications of Li-ion batteries. The proposed SnC monolayer is mechanically, dynamically, and thermally stable based on theoretical calculations. These important features ensure the experimental synthesis of 2D SnC. The pristine 2D SnC exhibits semiconducting nature with indirect band gap. With the application of strain effect, the electronic properties and binding energies of Li ions on SnC are modulated. At the tensile strain of 6%, the material becomes to be metallic. Furthermore, loading a small amount of Li, the electronic conductivity can be improved. As a Li hosting material, 2D SnC displays a very low average open circuit voltage (0.44 V) with a maximum theoretical capacity of 410 mAhg(-1) under the tensile strain of 6%. The very low diffusion barriers about 0.09 similar to 0.17 eV on the SnC surface with the applied stain leads to fast lithiation and delithiation cycles. Our results specify that the strain engineered 2D SnC could be a favorable Li host material for LIBs.
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