J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (01): 40-44.

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Formation Energies of the Lithium Intercalations in MoS2

Aiyu LI, Huiying LIU, Zizhong ZHU, Meichun HUANG, Yong YANG   

  1. Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China...
  • Received:2005-01-30 Revised:2005-06-06 Online:2006-01-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Zizhong ZHU

Abstract: First-principles calculations have been performed to study the lithium intercalations in MoS2. The formation energies, changes of volumes, electronic structures and charge densities of the lithium intercalations in MoS2 are presented. Our calculations show that during lithium intercalations in MoS2, the lithium intercalation formation energies per lithium atom are between 2.5 eV to 3.0 eV. The volume expansions of MoS2 due to lithium intercalations are relatively small.

Key words: Formation energies, MoS2, Li intercalation, ab initio calculation