title: Strain enhanced lithium adsorption and diffusion on silicene.
abstract: The performance of Li-ion batteries relies heavily on the capacity and stability of constituent electrodes. Recently synthesized 2D silicene has demonstrated excellent Li-ion capacity with high charging rates. To explore the external influences for battery performance, in this work, first-principles calculations are employed to investigate the effect of external strain on the adsorption and diffusion of Li on silicene monolayers. It was found that tensile strain could enhance Li binding on silicene. The diffusion barrier is also calculated and the results show that Li diffusion through silicene is facilitated by tensile strain, whereas the strain has a limited effect on the energy barrier of diffusion parallel to the plane of pristine silicene. Our results suggest that silicene could be a promising electrode material for lithium ion batteries.
authors.affiliation: School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. mzhang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. mzhang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Youhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Museum of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430063, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014, Finland.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3139-1780
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China. mzhang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9618-075X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang