Migration of sodium and lithium interstitials in anatase TiO^sub 2

Titanium oxide and in particular anatase is an important material due to its high chemical stability and photocatalytic properties, with the drawback that its large band gap constrains its photocatalytic activity to only a small portion of the solar spectrum. Recently, titanium oxide has been doped...

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Published inSolid state ionics Vol. 315; p. 40
Main Authors Kordatos, A, Kelaidis, N, Chroneos, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier BV 01.02.2018
Subjects
Anatase
Band gap
Batteries
Catalytic activity
Density functional theory
Energy gap
Energy levels
Interstitials
Lithium
Migration
Photocatalysis
Rechargeable batteries
Sodium
Studies
Titanium oxide powders
Titanium oxides
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Summary:Titanium oxide and in particular anatase is an important material due to its high chemical stability and photocatalytic properties, with the drawback that its large band gap constrains its photocatalytic activity to only a small portion of the solar spectrum. Recently, titanium oxide has been doped with lithium and sodium to consider its potential application in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, respectively. In the present investigation, we employ density functional theory to study the structure, electronic properties and migration of lithium and sodium interstitials in anatase as these can be important for battery applications. It is shown that the introduction of lithium and sodium interstitials results in energy levels into the band gap. The migration energy barriers of lithium and sodium interstitials are 0.32 eV and 0.56 eV respectively.
ISSN:0167-2738
1872-7689