Ultrafast chemical lithiation of single crystalline silicon nanowires: in situ characterization and first principles modeling1. Issue 23 (13th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seo, Jong-Hyun; Chou, Chia-Yun; Tsai, Yu-Hao; Cho, Yigil; Seong, Tae-Yeon; Lee, Woo-Jung; Cho, Mann-Ho; Ahn, Jae-Pyoung; Hwang, Gyeong S.; Choi, In-Suk
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 5:Issue 23(2015)
• Page Start: 17438
• Page End: 17443
• Publication Date: 2015-03-13
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14953j
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj410t5pw" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Through a combined density functional theory and <italic>in situ</italic> scanning electron microscopy study, we demonstrate the ultrafast chemical lithiation of a single <italic>c</italic>-Si nanowire brought into direct contact with Li metal in the absence of an electric field.</p> </abstract>