Issue 38, 2013

Boron-substituted graphyne as a versatile material with high storage capacities of Li and H2: a multiscale theoretical study

Abstract

Based on density functional theory (DFT), first-principles molecular dynamics (MD), and the grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo (GCMC) method, we investigated the boron substitution in aromatic rings of graphyne in terms of geometric and electronic structures as well as its bifunctional application including Li and H2 storage. The calculated binding energies of B-doped graphyne (BG) are significantly enhanced at two adsorptive sites compared to pristine graphyne, leading to high lithiation potentials of 2.7 V in 6Li@1BG, and even higher with 3.0 V in 6Li@3BG. Thus, 6Li@1BG with a capacity of 1125 mA h gāˆ’1, which is much larger than other carbon materials, is proposed to be a good anode material in lithium-ion batteries. For further hydrogen storage in 6Li@nBG, the results show that it can steadily adsorb at least 8H2 in DFT, MD and GCMC computations, and the excess gravimetric H2 uptake is 7.4 wt% at ambient conditions, exceeding the 2017 DOE target. Our multiscale simulations demonstrate that chemical modifications in two-dimensional carbon structures are very promising for high lithium storage and hydrogen uptake.

Graphical abstract: Boron-substituted graphyne as a versatile material with high storage capacities of Li and H2: a multiscale theoretical study

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jun 2013
Accepted
19 Jul 2013
First published
24 Jul 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 16120-16126

Boron-substituted graphyne as a versatile material with high storage capacities of Li and H2: a multiscale theoretical study

R. Lu, D. Rao, Z. Meng, X. Zhang, G. Xu, Y. Liu, E. Kan, C. Xiao and K. Deng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 16120 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52364K

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