Ab Initio Simulations of Li/Pyrite- MS2 ( M = Fe , Ni ) Battery Cells
Ab Initio Simulations of Li/Pyrite- MS2 ( M = Fe , Ni ) Battery Cells
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DOI:
10.1149/1.3365019
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发表时间:
2010-06
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Y. Yamaguchi;T. Takeuchi;H. Sakaebe;H. Kageyama;Hiroshi Senoh;T. Sakai;K. Tatsumi
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Y. Yamaguchi;T. Takeuchi;H. Sakaebe;H. Kageyama;Hiroshi Senoh;T. Sakai;K. Tatsumi
An electrochemical energy profile on the charge-discharge cycle model of Li/pyrite-MS 2 (M = Fe, Ni) secondary battery cells was simulated using density functional theory. For a full-discharge reaction of MS 2 under enough Li-ion concentration, the calculated results indicate that the final products are Li 2 S and M metal via the intermediate compound of commonly suggested Li 2 MS 2 (unknown for M = Ni), which is the intermediate product that continues the self-decomposition as Li 2 MS 2 → MS + Li 2 S. For a full-charge reaction Li 2 S + M metal at the cathode, the reproduction of the initial pyrite FeS 2 is a more favorable scheme than the production of other iron sulfides (FeS and Fe 3 S 4 ), indicating the capability of the reversible charge-discharge cycle of Li/FeS 2 cell. However, for Li/NiS 2 , there is difficulty in the reproduction of the initial pyrite NiS 2 due to a closer formation enthalpy between NiS 2 and the other nickel sulfides (NiS, Ni 3 S 2 , and Ni 3 S 4 ). This is one of the reasons that the Li/FeS 2 cell shows an experimentally better charge-discharge cycle performance than Li/NiS 2 . The temperature dependence of the open-circuit voltage (OCV) was also estimated using the Nernst's equation, namely, the change in the Gibbs free energy derived from the enthalpy and entropy obtained by phonon calculations for the crystal lattices by applying the density functional perturbation theory. There is little temperature dependence of the OCV in the temperature range 0-100°C, and the maximum OCVs at the thermodynamic standard state (1.67 V for Li/FeS 2 and 1.84 V for Li/NiS 2 ) are consistent with the experimental results.