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Computer simulation of ionic transport in silver iodide within carbon nanotubes. / Gotlib, I. Yu; Ivanov-Schitz, A. K.; Murin, I. V.; Petrov, A. V.; Zakalyukin, R. M.
In: Solid State Ionics, Vol. 188, No. 1, 22.04.2011, p. 6-14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Computer simulation of ionic transport in silver iodide within carbon nanotubes
AU - Gotlib, I. Yu
AU - Ivanov-Schitz, A. K.
AU - Murin, I. V.
AU - Petrov, A. V.
AU - Zakalyukin, R. M.
N1 - Funding Information: The work has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No 08.03.01039).
PY - 2011/4/22
Y1 - 2011/4/22
N2 - Filling of carbon single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), of diameter d = 11.5-15 Å, by silver iodide from the melt is modeled by molecular dynamics. Formation of AgI inorganic nanotube (INT) structures in the SWNTs on cooling, and ion diffusion in AgI within the tubes (AgI@SWNT) at 500-1200 K are studied. Dependence of AgI@SWNT structure on carbon SWNT geometry is examined. For d ≤ 14.2 Å, a single-wall AgI INT is formed within the carbon tube, with structure (geometry) depending on d; in wider tubes, there are extra silver and iodine ions in the central region. The calculated diffusion coefficients of silver and iodine ions and their diffusion activation energies depend on the nanotube geometry. Ion mobilities within carbon SWNTs are significantly lower, and diffusion activation energies, higher than in the bulk phase of AgI, especially in narrow tubes. In the (11,11) carbon SWNT, the widest among those simulated, the activation energy for silver ion diffusion becomes close to the "bulk" value, while for iodine ions, larger in size, the difference remains.
AB - Filling of carbon single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs), of diameter d = 11.5-15 Å, by silver iodide from the melt is modeled by molecular dynamics. Formation of AgI inorganic nanotube (INT) structures in the SWNTs on cooling, and ion diffusion in AgI within the tubes (AgI@SWNT) at 500-1200 K are studied. Dependence of AgI@SWNT structure on carbon SWNT geometry is examined. For d ≤ 14.2 Å, a single-wall AgI INT is formed within the carbon tube, with structure (geometry) depending on d; in wider tubes, there are extra silver and iodine ions in the central region. The calculated diffusion coefficients of silver and iodine ions and their diffusion activation energies depend on the nanotube geometry. Ion mobilities within carbon SWNTs are significantly lower, and diffusion activation energies, higher than in the bulk phase of AgI, especially in narrow tubes. In the (11,11) carbon SWNT, the widest among those simulated, the activation energy for silver ion diffusion becomes close to the "bulk" value, while for iodine ions, larger in size, the difference remains.
KW - Carbon nanotubes
KW - Inorganic nanotubes
KW - Ionic transport
KW - Silver iodide
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssi.2010.11.020
DO - 10.1016/j.ssi.2010.11.020
M3 - Article
VL - 188
SP - 6
EP - 14
JO - Solid State Ionics
JF - Solid State Ionics
SN - 0167-2738
IS - 1
ER -
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