Artikel ; Online: Nano-protrusions in intercalated graphite: understanding the structural and electronic effects through DFT.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
2024 Band 26, Heft 16, Seite(n) 12269–12281
Abstract: Complex phenomena characterize the intercalation of ions inside stratified crystals. Their comprehension is crucial in view of exploiting the intercalation mechanism to change the transport properties of the crystal or obtaining a fine control of crystal ...
Abstract | Complex phenomena characterize the intercalation of ions inside stratified crystals. Their comprehension is crucial in view of exploiting the intercalation mechanism to change the transport properties of the crystal or obtaining a fine control of crystal delamination. In particular, the relationship between the concentration and nature of intercalated ions and surface structural modifications of the host stratified crystal is still under debate. Here, we discuss a theoretical effort to provide a rationale for some structural changes observed on the highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface after electrochemical treatment in perchloric and sulphuric acid solutions. The formation of the so-called nano-protrusions on the basal plane of intercalated graphite was previously observed with scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). In this work, we employed both STM and density functional theory (DFT) simulations to elucidate the physical and chemical mechanisms driving the emergence of these nano-protrusions. The DFT results show that, in a bilayer graphene system, the presence of a single ion can generate a nano-protrusion with 2.49 Å height and 21.27 Å width. In the deformed area, the C-C bond length is stretched by about 2.5% more than the normal graphene bond. These values are of the same dimensional scale as those reported in previous STM experimental results. |
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Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2024-04-24 |
Erscheinungsland | England |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 1476244-4 |
ISSN | 1463-9084 ; 1463-9076 |
ISSN (online) | 1463-9084 |
ISSN | 1463-9076 |
DOI | 10.1039/d3cp05706b |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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