U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Structural Evolution of Layered Intercalculation Materials for Rechargeable Lithium Batteries: First Principles Modeling and Experiments

0003799 Ceder这项为期三年的美法合作研究奖项由麻省理工学院的Gerbrand Ceder和法国波尔多的Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux研究所的克劳德·德尔马斯获得。该合作涉及电极材料的合成、表征和建模。特别是，将研究锂插层材料的行为、电化学性质和结构性质以及层状过渡金属氧化物的相变。锂系统作为一种清洁、廉价、便携的储能形式，被认为是一种很有前途的充电电池技术。这家美国团队为这项合作带来了使用第一性原理计算来预测锂插入材料性能的理论专业知识。法国集团在相变、锂基材料的合成和核磁共振研究方面的实验能力也补充了这一点。该奖项代表了美方向NSF和法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS)提出的联合建议。NSF将支付这名美国调查员和研究生的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。

0003799CederThis three-year award for U.S.-France cooperative research involves Gerbrand Ceder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Claude Delmas of the Institut de Chimie de la Matiere Condensee de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. The collaboration addresses synthesis, characterization, and modeling of electrode materials. In particular, the behavior, electrochemical and structural properties of lithium insertion materials and phase transformation of layered transition-metal oxides will be investigated. Lithium based systems are considered a promising technology for rechargeable batteries as a clean, inexpensive, portable form of power storage. The US group brings to this collaboration theoretical expertise in using first principles computations to predict properties of lithium insertion materials. This is complemented by the experimental capabilities of the French group in phase transitions, in synthesis and NMR studies of lithium based materials. This award represents the US side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the US investigator and graduate student. The CNRS will support the visits of French researchers to the United States.