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Volume 104, Number 6, December 2013
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Article Number | 63003 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/104/63003 | |
Published online | 27 January 2014 |
Lithium atom storage in nanoporous cellulose via surface-induced Li2 breakage
1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology - SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, EU
2 Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo - P. O. Box 1048 Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
3 Department of Physics, University of Oslo - P. O. Box 1048 Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway
4 Division of Theory and Modeling, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden, EU
Received: 4 November 2013
Accepted: 20 December 2013
We demonstrate a physical mechanism that enhances a splitting of diatomic Li2 at cellulose surfaces. The origin of this splitting is a possible surface-induced diatomic-excited-state resonance repulsion. The atomic Li is then free to form either physical or chemical bonds with the cellulose surface and even diffuse into the cellulose layer structure. This allows for an enhanced storage capacity of atomic Li in nanoporous cellulose.
PACS: 34.20.Cf – Interatomic potentials and forces / 31.15.vn – Electron correlation calculations for diatomic molecules / 78.67.Rb – Nanoporous materials
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