Browsing by Author "Lu, B"

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    Cooling field tuned magnetic phase transition and exchange bias-like effect in Y0.9Pr0.1CrO3
    (AIP Publishing, 2015-09-11) Deng, DM; Zheng, JS; Yu, DH; Wang, BM; Sun, DH; Avdeev, M; Feng, Z; Jing, C; Lu, B; Ren, W; Cao, SX; Zhang, JC
    Cooling magnetic field dependence of magnetic phase transition has been observed in Y0.9Pr0.1CrO3. GzFx order (spin structure of PrCrO3) is dominant after zero field cooling (ZFC), whereas GxFz order (spin structure of YCrO3) is dominant after cooling under a field higher than 100 Oe. Positive/negative exchange bias-like effect, with large vertical shift and small horizontal shift, has been observed after FC/ZFC process. The vertical shift can be attributed to the frozen ordered Pr3+ and Cr3+ spins in magnetic domains, because of the strong coupling between Pr3+ and Cr3+ sublattices; while the horizontal shift is a result of the pinning of spins at the interfaces. The frozen structure is generated by the field used for the measurement of the initial magnetization curve of M(H) for the ZFC cooled sample, while it is generated by the cooling field for the sample cooled under a cooling field higher than 100 Oe. © 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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    Understanding the Li diffusion mechanism and positive effect of current collector volume expansion in anode free batteries
    (IOP Publishing, 2020-03-09) Zhuang, Y; Zou, ZY; Lu, B; Li, YJ; Wang, D; Avdeev, M; Shi, S
    In anode free batteries (AFBs), the current collector acts as anode simultaneously and has large volume expansion which is generally considered as a negative effect decreasing the structural stability of a battery. Moreover, despite many studies on the fast lithium diffusion in the current collector materials of AFB such as copper and aluminum, the involved Li diffusion mechanism in these materials remains poorly understood. Through first-principles calculation and stress-assisted diffusion equations, here we study the Li diffusion mechanism in several current collectors and related alloys and clarify the effect of volume expansion on Li diffusion respectively. It is suggested that due to the lower Li migration barriers in aluminum and tin, they should be more suitable to be used as AFB anodes, compared to copper, silver, and lead. The Li diffusion facilitation in copper with a certain number of vacancies is proposed to explain why the use of copper with a thickness ≤ 100 nm as the protective coating on the anode improves the lifetime of the batteries. We show that the volume expansion has a positive effect on Li diffusion via mechanical–electrochemical coupling. Namely, the volume expansion caused by Li diffusion will further induce stress which in turn affects the diffusion. These findings not only provide in-depth insight into the operating principle of AFBs, but also open a new route toward design of improved anode through utilizing the positive effect of mechanical–electrochemical coupling. © 2020 Chinese Physical Society and IOP Publishing Ltd