Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110505
Keywords
Anode; Strontium stannate; Alkali-ion battery; Defect energetics; Alkali ion transport properties; Alkali ion migration mechanism
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Theoretical predictions using density functional theory and force field methods show that doping alkali ions into strontium stannate induces the apparition of extra energy bands and affects electronic structure and transport properties. The results suggest that strontium stannate doped with alkali ions could be a promising alternative anode material for Na- and K-ion batteries, with lower diffusion activation energies and higher diffusion coefficients compared to pristine samples.
Theoretical predictions on structural, electronic and transport properties of pristine and alkali-doped strontium stannate (SrSnO3) were made using density functional theory and force field methods. Results of electronic structure computations show that a doping of alkali-ion (Li+, Na+ and K+) into SrSnO3 induces the apparition of extra energy bands on the valence and conduction bands and small translation of the valence and conduction band limits. This is more accentuated in K+-ion doped samples with lower energy gap. Defect energetics computations reveal a low energetic cost associated the alkali incorporation mechanism proposed in this work. Such a mechanism provides us with an intermediate first discharge reaction to describe the delithiation process. Results on alkali ion transport properties in interstitially doped nanocrystalline SrSnO3 samples reveal lower diffusion activation energies of 0.25, 0.28 and 0.44 eV and diffusion coefficient at 25 degrees C of 9.6, 2.9 x 10(-11) and 4.8 x 10(-13) cm(2)s(-1) for Li-, Na- and K-doped samples, respectively. These predicted properties bring in new evidence to stimulate a consideration of strontium stannate for use as an alternative anode, in particular for both Na- and K-ion batteries.
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