Issue 37, 2011
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Relativity and the mercury battery†

Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd*a  and  Pekka Pyykkö*a  

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a Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, POB 55 (A. I. Virtasen aukio 1), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
E-mail: pze.work@gmail.com, pekka.pyykko@helsinki.fi
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Abstract

Comparative, fully relativistic (FR), scalar relativistic (SR) and non-relativistic (NR) DFT calculations attribute about 30% of the mercury-battery voltage to relativity. The obtained percentage is smaller than for the lead-acid battery, but not negligible.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CP21738K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
30 May 2011
Accepted
30 Jun 2011
First published
13 Jul 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 16510-16512

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