Energy Storage by Beyond Lithium Batteries of Sodium and Potassium using Density Functional Theory Level
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Fatemeh MOLLAAMIN Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SCOPUS dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry
Dergi ISSN 2069-5837 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCOPUS
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 15 / 4 / 1–14 DOI 10.33263/BRIAC154.048
Makale Linki https://biointerfaceresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/BRIAC154.048.pdf
Özet
While lithium-ion batteries have their difficulties, the demand to improve beyond lithium batteries goes beyond sustainability and safety issues. With the pressure for renewable energy resources and the enchantingly digitalized current lifestyle, the need for batteries will augment. Therefore, this article has evaluated the promising alternative alkali metals of sodium-ion and potassium-ion batteries. A comprehensive investigation on hydrogen grabbing by Li [SiO–GeO], Na [SiO–GeO], or K [SiO–GeO] was carried out, including using DFT computations at the" CAM–B3LYP–D3/6-311+ G (d, p)" level of theory. The hypothesis of the hydrogen adsorption phenomenon was confirmed by density distributions of CDD, TDOS, and ELF for nanoclusters of Li [SiO–GeO]–2H2, Na [SiO–GeO]–2H2 or K [SiO–GeO]–2H2. The fluctuation in charge density values demonstrates that the electronic densities were mainly located in the boundary of adsorbate/adsorbent atoms during the adsorption status. The advantages of lithium, sodium, or potassium over Si/Ge are that they possess higher electron and hole motion, allowing lithium, sodium, or potassium instruments to operate at higher frequencies than Si/Ge instruments. Among these, sodium-ion batteries seem to show the most promise regarding initial capacity.
Anahtar Kelimeler
charge distribution | density of states | energy storage | hydrogen adsorption | materials modeling | sodium or potassium battery